Phase-sensitive tip-enhanced sum frequency generation spectroscopy using temporally asymmetric pulse for detecting weak vibrational signals

This paper presents a phase-sensitive tip-enhanced sum frequency generation spectroscopy technique that utilizes temporally asymmetric pulses to suppress non-resonant background interference, thereby achieving nanoscale spatial resolution and enabling the detection of weak vibrational signals and determination of absolute molecular orientations at surfaces.

Atsunori Sakurai, Shota Takahashi, Tatsuto Mochizuki + 3 more2026-03-04🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

A Hybrid Jump-Diffusion Model for Coherent Optical Control of Quantum Emitters in hBN

This paper presents a hybrid jump-diffusion stochastic model that successfully reproduces the temperature-dependent spectral diffusion and coherence degradation of quantum emitters in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), establishing a unified phenomenological framework that links noise mechanisms to optical coherence limits and predicts a critical crossover to overdamped dynamics at approximately 25.91 K.

Saifian Farooq Bhat, Michael K. Koch, Sachin Negi + 2 more2026-03-04⚛️ quant-ph

Electric Field Resolved Image Formation in a Widefield Optical Microscope

This paper introduces an all-optical imaging modality that achieves 100-attosecond temporal and 200-nanometer spatial resolution to directly visualize the spatiotemporal evolution and vector electric field lines of light within a widefield transmission microscope, enabling the observation of ultrafast scattering dynamics and pulse broadening in MoTe2 that are inaccessible via standard simulations.

Arjun Ashoka, Juhwan Lim, Akshay Rao + 1 more2026-03-04🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

High-Stress Si3N4 Reflective Membranes Monolithically Integrated with Cavity Bragg Mirrors

This paper presents a scalable, monolithic fabrication strategy that integrates high-stress silicon nitride membranes with distributed Bragg reflectors using dry processing techniques, achieving self-aligned optomechanical cavities with high optical finesse and mechanical quality factors while eliminating the alignment and stability bottlenecks of conventional methods.

Megha Khokhar, Lucas Norder, Paolo M. Sberna + 1 more2026-03-03⚛️ quant-ph