Novel Materials and Devices for NEMS
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Novel Materials and Devices for NEMS
Novel Materials and Devices for NEMS MetNEMS Dissemination Workshop Torino, 26 February 2015 In collaboration with Sponsored by SCOPE This workshop will discuss the latest developments in: - superconducting devices fabrication and characterization for Nano ElectroMechanical Systems (SQUID, TES, SSPD…) - electromagnetic coupling nanostructures) system (nanoantennas, - novel materials for NEMS (graphene, MgB2…) plasmonic Within the workshop, there will be discussions and dissemination results of the NEW08 project obtained so far. Furthermore, contributions from industrial and academic groups related to this research area are welcome. Local Organizers: M. Rajteri E. Monticone C. Portesi L. Lolli E. Taralli S. Giomi Invited Speakers: P. Biagioni (PoliMi, IT) A. Casaburi (Un. of Glasgow, UK) R. Cristiano (SPIN-CNR, IT) R.S. Gonnelli (PoliTo, IT) L. Hao (NPL, UK) N. Klein (Imperial College, UK) E. Romans (UCL, UK) T. Schurig (PTB, D) Location: INRIM, Strada delle Cacce 91, 10135 Torino Italy Further information: www.inrim.it/luc/tes/WS2015.shtml Novel Materials and Devices for NEMS Workshop Program 26th February 2015, Turin 8:45 - 9:10 09:10 9:15 registration Rajteri M. (INRiM) Opening Rastello M.L. (INRiM) Welcome of INRiM Scientific Director (NPL) Metrology with/for NEMS 9:20 (i) Hao L. 9:50 - 11:30 Single Photon Detectors and Sources chaired by Monticone E. 09:50 (i) Cristiano R. (CNR SPIN - Napoli) The material issue in SSPD 10:20 (i) Casaburi A. (University of Glasgow) SSPDs for advanced science applications 10:50 Degiovanni I.P. (INRiM) Sub-diffraction imaging of colour-centres in diamond 11:10 Lolli L. (INRiM) Photon counting with Transition-Edge Sensors 11:30 - 11:50 Coffee Break Sponsored by LOT-Oriel 11:50 - 13:10 SQUID chaired by Hao L. 11:50 (i) Schurig T. (PTB - Berlin) MicroSQUIDs - a practical tool for quantum detection and material characterization in the micro- and 12:20 (i) Romans E. (London Centre for Nanotechnology) NanoSQUIDs at Ultralow Temperatures 12:50 (INRiM) Ultra High sensitive nanoSQUIDs fabrication Fretto M. 13:10 - 14:30 Lunch 14:30 - 15:10 Metal Oxide-Based Devices chaired by Gonnelli R. 14:30 Pellegrino L. (CNR SPIN - Genova) Microelectromechanical System Devices with Crystalline Transition Metal Oxides 14:50 Hatano T. (Nagoya UniversityJapan) Field-induced modulation of electronics proprietes of strongly correlated oxides 15:10 - 16:00 Plasmonic nanostructures chaired by Giorgis F. 15:10 (i) Biagioni P. (Politecnico di Milano) Nanoantennas for visible and IR radiation 15:40 (Politecnico di Torino) Smart plasmonic metaldielectric nanostructure for surface enhanced Raman scattering Virga A. 16.00 - 16.40 Coffee Break & Poster Session Sponsored by CryoVac 16.40 - 18:00 Graphene chaired by Rossi A.M. 16:40 (i) Klein N. (Imperial College of London) 17:10 (i) Gonnelli R. (Politecnico di Torino) 17:40 (INRiM) 20:30 Esposito P. Microwave field effect in graphene The temperature dependence of electric transport in few-layer graphene under large charge doping induced by electrochemical gating: scattering and Graphene-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy on diagnostic biomarkers social dinner oral presentation: 15 minutes plus 5 minutes of discussion, (i) invited talk: 25 minutes plus 5 minutes Metrology with/for NEMS Hao Ling National Physical Laboratory, Middlessex, UK [email protected] Abstract Micro electromechanical systems (MEMS) are already well established in consumer products and industry demand for increased complexity, speed and performance is driving size reduction towards NanoElectro-Mechanical Systems (NEMS) . NEMS is a new key disruptive technology providing potential solutions to industry to a range of technological barriers over a wide spread of sectors, from ICT through physical sensors to biological sensor applications. As the dimensions of devices and structures reduce, new technologies and approaches are required. These developments will both enable and demand innovative metrology, impacting strongly over a range of sectors. To date there has been almost no metrological activity to anticipate the impending metrological needs which exploitation of NEMS will produce. The MetNEMS project seeks to meet these challenges by focussing on developing novel high frequency, high performance nanoscale mechanical resonators and actuators, aimed at both metrology and industrial applications including ultra-sensitive mass, force, displacement and temperature sensing at the nanoscale, single photon & single molecule measurement. As well as integrated nanoscale charge sensors this work will facilitate ultra-stable and miniaturised voltage references. The talk will give an overview of the MetNEMS project progress and future challenges . The material issue in SSPD Roberto Cristiano CNR-SPIN, Napoli, Italy [email protected] Abstract Superconducting single-photon detectors (SSPD) based on nanostrips is an emergent technology which is rapidly achieving unprecedented performances: single photon sensitivity in the 0.5-3.0 micron range with detection efficiency above 90%, dark count rate below 1 kHz, dead time of a few nanoseconds, and timing jitter as low as 20 ps. These characteristics are attractive for several applications from quantum information, to metrology, from atmospheric remote sensing to biological/medical sensing of ultra weak IR photon sources. For long time niobium nitride has been the material of choice for SSPD. Recently, alternative materials like NbTiN or WSi have been proposed. New superconducting materials could improve the quantum efficiency, simplify the fabrication technology, could be grown as amorphous films for a better compatibility with substrates which have interesting optical properties. The material requirements for SSPDs and the recent results reported in literature will be overviewed. I will also present our efforts and results in the exploration of new materials. SSPDs for advanced science applications Alessandro Casaburi University of Glasgow, UK [email protected] Abstract Advances in materials growth and nanopatterning have enabled the creation of a new class of ultra-sensitive optical detector: the superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD) [1]. These devices offer exquisite sensitivity and low noise at infrared wavelengths, far outperforming off-the-shelf alternatives such as semiconductor avalanche photodiodes and photomultiplier tubes [2]. The potential of SNSPDs has been demonstrated in a range of important scientific applications, including quantum cryptography [3], remote sensing [4] and laser-based cancer treatment [5]. Our efforts are focussed on the development of next generation SNSPDs employing state-of-the-art nanofabrication techniques, sensor configurations and innovative materials. We will review the results obtained with these innovative sensors in the recent years and describe how these devices can be modified to satisfy the stringent requirements of future applications. In this work, we will give a short overview on our recent results concerning direct detection of singlet oxygen luminescence [6], fibre Raman temperature sensing [4, 7] timeof-flight depth imaging [8]. Moreover we will present also the results on the realization and characterization of a 2x2 SNSPDs array [9] to scale up the sensitive area of the detector at 60x60 m2 for multimode fibre optical coupling on the perspectives for next future applications in frontier. References [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] C. M. Natarajan et al Supercond. Sci. and Technol., 25 063001 (2012). R. H. Hadfield, Nature Photonics,3 696 (2009). H. Takesue et al Nature Photonics 1 343 (2007). M. G. Tanner et al Applied Physics Letters 99 201110 (2011). N. R. Gemmel et al Optics Express 21 5005 (2013). N.R. Gemmellet al, Optics Express 21, 5005-5013 (2013). S. D. Deyer et al, Optics Express 20, 3456 (2012). A. McCarthy et al, Optics Express 21,8904-8915 (2013). A. Casaburi et al IEEE Expl., Photonics technologies, Proc. Fotonica AIET Italian Conference (2014), DOI: 10.1109/Fotonica.2014.6843851 Sub-diffraction imaging of colour-centres in diamond I.P. Degiovanni1 , J. Forneris2 , P. Traina1 , D. Gatto Monticone2 , A. Tengattini2,3,4 , K. Katamadze5 , I. Ruo Berchera1 , G. Brida1 , E. Moreva1 , M. Genovese1,4 and P. Olivero2,3,4 1 Optics Division, Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (INRiM), Torino, Italy 2 Physics [email protected] Department, University of Torino, Italy 3 M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia Abstract The precise knowledge of the position of single-photon emitters, such as e.g. colour centres in diamond, below the limit imposed by optical fluorescence microscopy is of great importance to test the fabrication of strongly-coupled single-photon emitters for entanglement experiments. Several methods permitting to overcome the diffraction limit in optical microscopy are nowadays available, like STimulated Emission Depletion (STED [1]) and Ground State Depletion (GSD, [2]): possible complications for these techniques are the use of doughnut-shaped illumination beams and the high pump intensities required. In this talk we present an experiment exploiting the photon antibunching behaviour of single photon emitters to enhance the resolution of optical fluorescence microscopy of single colour centres in diamond [3, 4]. Optical microscopy images of colour centres in bulk diamond grown exploiting Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD) techniques were acquired on a pixel-by-pixel basis using a laser scanning confocal microscope. Together with the direct measurement of the numbers of detected photon, we show that by acquiring higher-order autocorrelation function (g(n) ) -exploiting, e.g., a detector tree [5] or, equivalently, an higher order Hanbury-Brown-Twiss interferometer-resolution enhancement is achieved. Results show an increase in lateral resolution in agreement with theory that predicts a narrowing of the point spread function proportional to the square root of the highest order of the autocorrelation function measured [3]. Figure 1: a) Standard confocal image of three colour centres (NV in a bulk synthetic diamond). b) and c) Super-resolved image exploiting autocorrelation function g(n) up to at n = 2 and n = 3, respectively. References [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] S. W. Hell, J. Wichmann; J. Opt. Lett. 19 780 (1994). S. W. Hell and M. Kroug; Appl. Phys. B 60 495 (1995). O. Schwartz and D. Oron; Phys. Rev. A 85 033812 (2012). O. Schwartz et al.; Nano Lett 13 5832 (2013). E. A. Goldschmidt et al.; Phys. Rev. A 88, 013822 (2013). Micro-TES for photon counting L. Lolli, E. Taralli, S. Giomi, C. Portesi, M. Rajteri and E. Monticone Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica INRIM, strada delle cacce 91, I-10135, Torino, Italia Abstract Transitio–Edge Sensors (TESs) are very versatile superconducting sensors capable to detect radiation from gamma-rays to visible and submillimeter wavelength. The intrinsic capability to measure the energy of the absorbed photons and the related possibility to resolve the number of incidents photons make TESs photon-number resolving (PNR) devices. This property is very significant in a growing number of applications as quantum optics [1], telecommunication [2, 3] as well as quantum metrology [4] and quantum technologies [5]. Quantum-based technologies need improved traceability and reliability of measurements at the level of a few photons. In this framework, TESs could play a crucial role as the best PNR detectors available. This presentation will shows the recent progresses on TESs fabricated at INRIM in terms of some of the most important single photoncounting detector parameters: very high energy resolution (∆E=0.11 eV) [6], best optimization between energy resolution and time response [7], maximum quantum efficiency obtained without using any optical structure deposited on the detector [8] and a new detector shape solution. References [1] Bell violation using entangled photons without the fair-sampling assumption, M. Giustina et al, Nature 497, 227-230 (2013). [2] Non-Gaussian operation based on photon subtraction using a photon-numberresolving detector at a telecommunications wavelength, Namekata Naoto et al, Nature Photonics, 4 655 (2010). [3] Conclusive quantum steering with superconducting transition-edge sensors, Smith Devin H. et al, Nature Communications, 3 625 (2012). [4] Self consistent, absolute calibration technique for photon number resolving detectors, Avella A. et al, Optics Express, 19 23249 (2011). [5] Ti/Au TES as superconducting detector for quantum technologies, Lolli L. et al, International Journal of Quantum Information, 9 405 (2011). [6] High intrinsic energy resolution photon number resolving detectors, L. Lolli et al, Appl. Phys. Lett. 103 041107 (2013). [7] Fabrication and characterization of fast TESs with small area for single photon counting, C. Portesi et al, IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond., IN PRESS. [8] Characterization of Optical Fast Transition-Edge Sensors With Optimized Fiber Coupling, L. Lolli et al, IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 23 2100904 (2013). MicroSQUIDs - a practical tool for quantum detection and material characterization in the micro-and nanoscale Thomas Schurig Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Berlin, Germany [email protected] Abstract Micro-sized Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs) are very attractive tools for quantum metrology and material characterization. These sensors can be used for nanoscale magnetic detection but in contrast to real nanoSQUIDs, conventional and hence, reliable technology can be used to manufacture them. After briefly reviewing the current status of micro- and nanoSQUID technology, micro SQUID concepts will then be discussed. MicroSQUIDs and small-area detection coils can be read-out favorably using SQUID current sensors. Magnetic coupling of nano-sized samples to conventional SQUIDs, e.g. simple gradiometers or more complex devices as fully integrated susceptometers, can be improved significantly by integrating nanoscale detection loops. The applicability of all these devices will be demonstrated by giving application examples, e.g. susceptometry of magnetic molecules, NMR and NEMS readout. The conventionally made devices are intended for fabrication in moderate numbers to make them available for a broader community. NanoSQUIDs at Ultralow Temperatures Edward Romans London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College of London, UK [email protected] Abstract NanoSQUIDs most commonly use Dayem bridges as Josephson elements. Well below the critical temperature, the electrical characteristics of these bridges exhibit undesirable thermal hysteresis. This makes proper thermal analysis an essential design consideration for optimising nanoSQUID performance at ultralow temperatures. However the existing theoretical models for this hysteresis are not generally applicable to nanoscale devices operating at ultralow temperatures. We have therefore developed a new analytic heat model which enables a more accurate prediction of the thermal behaviour in such circumstances. We demonstrate that this model is in good agreement with experimental results measured down to 60 mK. Ultra High sensitive nanoSQUIDs fabricated by FIB sculpting technique Matteo Fretto INRiM, Torino, Italy [email protected] Abstract The nano superconducting quantum interference device (nanoSQUID) is a powerful tool for nanoscience investigations. In this work, the main features of niobium nanoSQUIDs fabrication based on deep submicrometric Josephson tunnel junctions will be presented. The superconductive nanosensor has been realized in two different configurations, with an area loop of 0.2-0.4 µm2 and two square Josephson junctions having a side length of 0.3 µm. The crucial steps of the fabrication process have been performed using the focused ion beam (FIB) nanosculpting technique. A full characterization of the nanosensor has been performed including the measurement of the voltage swing, the voltage responsivity, the spectral density of the magnetic flux and spin noise. Due to the good reliability and the high critical current modulation depth measured, the proposed nanoSQUID could offer a suitable tool for nanoscale applications. Microelectromechanical System Devices with Crystalline Transition Metal Oxides Luca Pellegrino CNR-SPIN, Genova, Italy [email protected] Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá di Genova, Italy [email protected] Abstract I will focus on the fabrication of free-standing devices realized starting from all-oxide thin film heterostructures deposited by Pulsed Laser Deposition. I will show some experiments performed using crystalline oxide microcantilevers and free-standing microbridges with the aim of studying the effects of strain on correlated oxides by mechanical deformation and exploring the possibility of efficiently driving phase transitions and oxygen exchange in oxides by Joule effect. In particular, I will discuss our recent experiments performed on microcantilevers made of VO2 a correlated oxide exhibiting a resistive/structural phase transition at 68 ◦ C, showing the realization of a multi-state resistive memory and a micromechanical oscillator whose eigenfrequency can be tuned by electrical current pulses. References [1] L. Pellegrino et al All-Oxide Crystalline Microelectromechanical Systems: Bending the Functionalities of Transition-Metal Oxide Thin Films, Adv. Mater., vol. 21, pp. 2377-2381 (2009). [2] L. Pellegrino et al Multistate memory devices based on free-standing VO2 /TiO2 microstructures driven by Joule self-heating, Adv. Mater., vol. 24, pp. 2929-2934 (2012). [3] N. Manca et al Programmable Mechanical Resonances in MEMS by Localized Joule Heating of Phase Change Materials, Adv. Mater., vol. 25, pp. 6430-6435 (2013). Field-induced modulation of the electronic properties on Strongly Correlated Oxides Takafumi Hatano Department of Crystalline Material Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan; RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako 351-0198, Japan [email protected] Abstract A field effect control of a metal-insulator transition in strongly correlated electron systems (SCES) has been one of the main topics in material science in the past decades. In this context, the electric double-layer transistor (EDLT), an ionic liquid-gated FET, plays an important role in terms of how the extremely-high electric fields can be applied for the gate control of electronic phases. In this talk, the control of electronic properties in EDLT devices on strongly correlated oxides such as perovskite manganites, vanadium oxides, and iron oxides, will be discussed. A Half-doped manganite of Pr0.5 Sr0.5 MnO3 exhibits the strong competition between a ferromagnetic-metallic and an antiferromagneticinsulating phases[1]. The simultaneous application of gate voltage and a magnetic field to this system leads to a peculiar response in the resistance. Indeed, the gigantic resistance switching with a mere 50 mV tweaking of gate voltage was achieved[2]. On the other hand, a gate control of metal-insulator transition at room temperatures has been clearly realized in VO2 -based FET. These results pave a way towards the realization of Mott-transistors[4]: a concept of phase-transition based FET, which may solve the scaling limit and the power-consumption issue. Although the electrostatic carrier doping is a key to realize above results, the utilization of the chemical reaction induced at the interface between the ionic liquid and the channel materials would be also possible by choosing the proper materials. The recent work for this topic, done on iron oxides based devices, will be also discussed. This research was supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) through its ‘’Funding Program for World-Leading Innovative R&D on Science and Technology (FIRST Program)”, initiated by the Council for Science and Technology Policy (CSTP), and Grantin-Aid for Young Scientists Grant (No. 26790052). References [1] [2] [3] [4] Y. Ogimoto et al, Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 112513 (2005). T. Hatano et al, Sci. Rep. 3, 2904 (2013). M. Nakano et al., Nature 487, 459-462 (2012). C. Zhou et al, Appl. Phys. Lett. 70, 598 (1997). Nanoantennas for visible and IR radiation Paolo Biagioni Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Italy [email protected] Abstract In this talk I will first review the fundamental properties and fields of application of nanoscale optical antennas. I will then report on our recent results with nonlinear optical processes in non-centrosymmetric gold nanoantennas and with heavily-doped germanium antennas on silicon for mid-infrared plasmonics and sensing. Smart plasmonic metal-dielectric nanostructure for surface enhanced Raman scattering A. Lamberti, A. Chiadó, C. Novara, P. Rivolo, F. Geobaldo, F. Giorgis and Alessandro Virga1 1 C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24, DISAT, Politecnico di Torino, Italy [email protected] Abstract Surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is a powerful spectroscopic technique that allows to measure the spectra of molecules at very low concentrations exploiting the field enhancement and sometimes charge transfer processes in presence of nanostructured metallic and/or metal-dielectric surfaces. SERS has been widely applied to material science, biophysics and medical diagnostics. For each application, the substrates must be optimized in terms of Raman enhancement, optical tunability, reproducibility and chemical selectivity. In this work, we analysed Ag nanoparticles (Ag NPs) synthesized on different dielectric substrates: • porous silicon, in which Ag NPs are grown by dip-coating and ink-jet printing technology (Ag-pSi). [1] • polydimethylsiloxane membranes decorated with Ag Nps by d.c. sputtering (Ag-PDMS). [2] • titania nanotubes with sputtered Ag NPs (Ag-TiO2 ). [3] • Graphene monolayers decorated with Ag NPs (Ag-GM). Each kind of such SERS-active substrates exploits intrinsic peculiar properties: Ag-pSi the huge specific surface area, Ag-PDMS the plasmon tunability taking advantage of the stretchable elastomeric matrix, Ag-TiO2 and Ag-GM the merging between plasmonic and chemical Raman enhancement. The enhancement factors and their application for oligonucleotide-based bioassay were critically compared. The morphology of all the discussed substrates were optimized in order to achieve the lowest Limit of Detection (LOD) with respect to Rhodamine 6G used as a probe molecule, at the excitation wavelength of 514,5 nm, demonstrating single/few molecule detection regime [2, 4]. In order to evaluate the performances of the solid SERS substrates in terms of biosensing, an optimized protocol for the immobilization of oligonucleotides probes on metal-dielectric surfaces was developed. At the same time, a proper substrate pre-treatment was developed for each of them, to ensure a good physical-chemical stability and to reduce the non specific binding of biological species on the surfaces. As a proof of concept, the immobilization of a model alkylthiol-capped DNA oligo strand (SH-C6-AAAAAA, PolyA-SH), and the hybridization of its complementary sequence (UUUUUUU, PolyU) was reported. Further efforts were devoted to the optimization and standardization of synthesis and protocols leading to a reproducible and stable sensing platform integrated in optofluidic devices, that can be fruitfully applied to biodiagnostics, e.g to the early detection of cancer biomarkers, such as microRNA sequences. References [1] [2] [3] [4] C. A. A. A. Novara et al, Nanoscale Research Letter, vol. , 9, p. 527, (2014). Lamberti et al, RSC Adv., vol. 5, pp. 4404-10, (2015). Lamberti et al, J. Mat. Chem. C, (submitted). Virga et al, J. Phys. Chem. C, 117, p 20139, (2013). Microwave field effect in graphene Norbert Klein Imperial college of London, UK [email protected] Abstract A dielectric loaded cavity is employed to study the field effect of CVD graphene with different gate oxide materials at microwave frequencies. The bias dependence of the DC sheet resistance is compared with the bias dependence of the cavity quality factor at about 10 GHz. Prospects for potential applications in THz wireless communication and imaging systems are discussed. The temperature dependence of electric transport in few-layer graphene under large charge doping induced by electrochemical gating: scattering and weak localization Renato Gonnelli Dipartimento di Scienza Applicata e Tecnologia, Politecnico di Torino, Italy [email protected] Abstract The temperature dependence of electric transport properties of singlelayer and few-layer graphene at large charge doping is of great interest both for the study of the scattering processes dominating the conductivity at different temperatures and in view of the theoretically predicted possibility to reach the superconducting state in such extreme conditions. Here we present the results obtained in 3-, 4- and 5-layer graphene devices down to 3.5 K, where a large surface charge density up to about 6.8·1014 cm−2 has been reached by employing a novel polymer electrolyte solution for the electrochemical gating. In contrast with recent results obtained in single-layer graphene, the temperature dependence of the sheet resistance between 20 K and 280 K shows a low-temperature dominance of a T2 component - that can be associated with electron-electron scattering - and, at about 100 K, a crossover to the classic electron-phonon regime. Unexpectedly this crossover does not show any dependence on the induced charge density, i.e. on the large tuning of the Fermi energy.At very low temperature (< 20 K) a logarithmic upturn of the sheet resistance is observed that strongly depends on the induced charge density. This behaviour is interpreted in terms of weak localization of electrons in few-layer graphene, i.e. the quantum correction to the conductivity due to constructive interference between pairs of time reversed electron trajectories. From the temperature and magnetic field dependence of this phenomenon and by using the results of DFT ab-initio calculations we are able to determine all the scattering times characteristic of few-layer graphene and their dependence on the huge charge doping. Graphene-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy on diagnostic biomarkers P. Esposito, D. Imbraguglio, A. Giovannozzi, and A. M. Rossi INRiM, Torino, Italy [email protected] Abstract Graphene-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (GERS) is one of the novel techniques able to significantly increase sensitivity of conventional Raman spectroscopy. As in SERS (surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy), a GERS spectrum can display enhanced Raman signals coming even from very low quantities of molecules spread over nanostructured surfaces. If metal (gold or silver) nanoparticles are generally used with SERS, the nanostructuration in GERS lies in the one-atom-thick honeycomb ordered nanostructure of graphene. The enhancement of the Raman signal is supposed, in this case, to originate more from a chemical rather than an electromagnetic mechanism. For this reason, all the studies and comparisons between these two different kinds of substrates draw particular interest, when no robust metrological framework exists at present for none of the two. Graphene, by virtue of its metrological nature, is the ideal building block to start with intercomparisons measurements. The chemical mechanism of GERS is based on charge transfers occurring between the molecules adsorbed on the graphene surface and the underlying carbon atoms. So far, GERS effects have been observed with fairly complex conjugated and macrocyclic molecules, such as phthalocyanine, rhodamine 6G, protoporphyin IX, or crystal violet [1]. Whatever the Raman probe molecule is, a reproducible deposition method (able to give an as uniform as possible and thin molecular layer) is strictly required for studies which aim to precisely determine amounts of substances present in trace. Various methods can be attempted, like simple soaking and spin coating, or more sophisticated ones as thermoresistive evaporation. Among them, the drop coating represents a viable alternative since it is cheap, fast and it saves volumes of solutions. Recently, a simple way to overcome the so-called ‘’coffee-stain” effect incidental to this technique has been proposed [2]. The formation of uniform films on these types of substrates is of significant importance as they are the ones commonly used for graphene deposition and detection, because of the optical contrast difference. In the present contribution, we evaluate GERS e ffect for diagnostic biomarkers such as uric acid. They represent an important class of compounds, whose concentration (e.g. in blood serum) are routinely measured in clinical laboratories to support early detection and monitoring of disease. References [1] X. Ling et al, Nano Lett., vol. 10, pp. 553-561, (2010). [2] M. Majumder et al, J. Phys. Chem. B, vol. 116, pp. 6536-6542, (2012). Poster Session 1 - Sylke Bechstein PTB, Germany SQUIDs for magnetic detection down to the nanoscale 2 - Mauro Giorcelli Politecnico di Torino, Italy Polymer/carbon based composites: production and characterization 3 - Filippo Giubileo CNR-SPIN, Italy Contact resistance in graphene based FET 4 - Hao Ling NPL, UK Device Development based on CVD Graphene INRiM, Italy Employment of nonclassical photon statistics for the sub-diffraction imaging of color centers in diamond 6 - Chiara Portesi INRiM, Italy Nanostructures of MgB2 thin films towards SQUIDs fabrication 7 - Ivano Ruo Berchera Alice Meda INRiM, Italy Quantum enhanced optical measurements: sensitivity beyond classical limits exploiting quantum correlated states 8 - Andrea Tengattini Paolo Oliviero Paolo Traina INFN, Italy INFN, Italy INRiM, Italy Electrical stimulation of colour centres in diamond with ion-beam-micromachined sub-superficia graphitic electrodes 9 - Paolo Traina Fabrizio Piacentini Mattia Levi INRiM, Italy Heralded sources vs colour-centers-based quantum emitters in diamond: towards an ideal Single Photon Source 5 - Ekaterina Moreva Ivano Ruo Berchera Paolo Traina SQUIDs for magnetic detection down to the nanoscale Sylke Bechstein Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Berlin, Germany [email protected] Abstract PTB has developed a variety of micro-sized SQUID sensors which are suitable for magnetic detection at the micro- and nanoscale. Our microSQUIDs are fabricated employing a standard Nb/AlOx/Nb trilayer process. In order to operate these devices in environmental magnetic fields they are designed as series gradiometers. Combined with gradiometric excitation coils, susceptibility measurements of small samples as e.g. magnetic particles can be performed in a frequency range of up to 1MHz. To improve the sensitivity of the susceptometers for the measurement of sub-µm samples, an extra nano-loop can be implemented in the pickup loop of the devices by using a focused ion beam (FIB) or e-beam lithography techniques. In order to further optimise both the flux noise and the filling factor, a family of nano- and microSQUIDs with nano-scaled Josephson junctions was developed. These Niobium based SQUIDs contain overdamped superconductor-normal conductorsuperconductor (SNS) Josephson junctions with HfTi as a normal conducting barrier. To make these SQUID devices a tool for practical measurements, auxiliary components as feedback loops, gradiometric transformers and rf filters are integrated. Due to the small loop size √ and the resulting low loop inductance, a white noise level of 110 nΦ0 / Hz is achievable. The devices can be operated in an excitation field of up to a few mT with very low levels of nonlinearity. Contact resistance in graphene based FET Filippo Giubileo CNR-SPIN, Salerno, Italy [email protected] Abstract We study the contact resistance and the transfer characteristics of back-gated field effect transistors of mono- and bi-layer graphene. We measure specific contact resistivity for Ni,Ti, and Nb. We show that the contact resistance is a significant contributor to the total source-to-drain resistance and it is modulated by the back-gate voltage. We measure transfer characteristics showing double dip feature that we explain as the effect of doping due to charge transfer from the contacts causing minimum density of states for graphene under the contacts and in the channel at different gate voltage. Device Development based on CVD Graphene Hao Ling1,2 , T. B. Patel1,3 , S. Goniszewski1,2 , R. Pearce1 , O. Shaforost1,2 , ,J. C. Gallop1 , Jie Chen4 and N. Klein2 1 National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlessex, TW11 0LW of Materials, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ 3 London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London, WC1H 0AH 4 Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engeneering, Brunel Univesrity, Uxbridge, UB8 3PH 2 Department Abstract Graphene consists of a self-supporting single atomic layer of graphite which was predicted to be thermodynamically unstable as a freestanding layer. Graphene has high electron mobility, a high intrinsic strength, high thermal conductivity, good chemical durability and high optical transparency making it a useful material for several applications. Due to their low mass, graphene microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) could, potentially, be used in highly sensitive sensor applications. The fabrication of graphene based NEMS devices have proven difficult however due to challenges concerning the production of a continuous large area of single layer graphene grown by chemical vapour deposition (CVD). The graphene is subsequently transferred onto a patterned, perforated substrate. The graphene must be clean and free of impurities to produce devices which may be used for sensor applications as this may result in lower conductivity and any additional mass could result in a reduced sensitivity. Employment of nonclassical photon statistics for the sub-diffraction imaging of color centers in diamond I.P. Degiovanni1 , P. Traina1 , D. Gatto Monticone2,3,4 , P. Olivero2,3,4 , J. Forneris2,3,4 , I. Ruo Berchera1 , G. Brida1 , E. Moreva1 , M. Genovese1,3 and K. Katamadze5 1 Istituto 2 Physics Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (INRiM), Torino I-10135, Italy [email protected] Department and NIS Inter-departmental Centre, University of Torino, Italy Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Sez. Torino, Italy 4 Consorzio Nazionale Inter-universitario per le Scienze fisiche della Materia (CNISM), Sez. Torino, Italy 5 M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia 3 Istituto Abstract The relevance of super-resolution fluorence imaging techniques in modern optics and photonics is demonstrated by the recent awarding of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2014 to E. Betzig, S. W. Hell and W. E. Moerner [1]. Super-resolution techniques such as STimulated Emission Depletion (STED [2]), Ground State Depletion (GSD [3]) and PhotoActivated Localization Microscopy (PALM [4]) allow a new class of microscopy studies in both biological and material science fields, among which it is worth mentioning the high-resolution imaging of single color centers in diamond [5]. In this work we demonstrate the application of a novel imaging technique based on the exploitation of photon autocorrelation statistics [6, 7] to the super-resolution imaging of isolated nitrogen vacancy (NV) emitters in single-crystal diamond [8]. Confocal photoluminescence (PL) microscopy images of NV centres in bulk CVD diamond were acquired on a pixel-by-pixel basis using a scanning laser beam. For each pixel, the PL intensity (i.e. IPL(x, y)) was acquired, together with the values of second- and third-order autocorrelation functions in correspondence of zero delay time (i.e. g(2) (∆t)=0, x, y) and g(3) (∆t)=0, x, y)). A substantial resolution enhancement was achieved by mapping proper polynomial combinations of the above-mentioned quantities, according to the theoretical predictions. In particular, the results from the mapping of 2- and 3-center clusters show that the increase in lateral resolution is in agreement with the theoretical model that predicts a narrowing of the point spread function proportional to the inverse of the square root of the highest order of the autocorrelation function measured. We critically compare the advantages (broader applicability, experimental setup availability, ...) and potential disadvantages (limitations in the resolution and acquisition time) of this technique with respect to state-of-the-art super-resolution techniques. References [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2014/ S. W. Hell et al, J. Opt. Lett. 19, 780 (1994). S. W. Hell et al, Appl. Phys. B 60, 495 (1995). E. Betzig et al, Science 313, 1642 (2006). E. Rittweger et al, Nat. Photonics 3, 144 (2009). O. Schwarts et al, Phys. Rev. A 85, 033812 (2012). O. Schwarts et al, Nano Lett. 13, 5832 (2013). D. Gatto Monticone et al, Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 143602 (2014). Quantum enhanced optical measurements: sensitivity beyond classical limits exploiting quantum correlated states I.P. Degiovanni1 , P. Traina1 , A. Meda1 , E. Lopaeva1 , I. Ruo Berchera1 , G. Brida1 , M. Genovese1 and S. Olivares2 1 Istituto 2 Physics Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (INRiM), Torino I-10135, Italy [email protected] Department - University of Milano, and CNISM UdR Milano Statale, Milano, Italy. Abstract The ultimate limit to sensitivity in standard optical measurements, ranging from imaging to interferometry, is given by the square root of the number of photons used. This so called “shot-noise limit” originates from the intrinsic quantum fluctuation of light field. However it is possible to build up quantum states in which the fluctuation in one variable of a conjugated pair is suppressed at the expense of the other (Squeezed states) or generating bipartite beams in which fluctuations are perfectly correlated (Twin Beam state). At INRiM, in the quantum optics group, we have proposed and/or realized several innovative measurement schemes exploiting such genuine quantum states to elude the shot-noise-limit and surpassing the performance of standard techniques. We present three noticeable examples: • Sub-Shot-Noise Imaging [1]: by exploiting space-time correlations in Twin Beam [2], it is possible to subtract from a noisy image of an object obtained by one beam, the correlated noise pattern measured on the other beam, recovering a noise free image of the object. Impact of this technique in imaging of photo-sensitive samples (like certain biological system) is envisaged. • Quantum Illumination [3]: Twin Beam’s correlations allow detecting a faint target, immersed in a dominant photonic background, much better than classical correlations can do. This achievement demonstrates that benefit of quantum correlation and entanglement can survive even in real world, noisy and lossy, application as a sort of quantum radar. • Quantum enhanced interferometry [4] : we propose a scheme, consisting of two coupled interferometers injected with quantum light, to reveal extremely faint phase noise, through a correlation measurement. It has direct application to tests of quantum gravity and physics at the Planck scale. References [1] G. Brida, M. Genovese and I. Ruo Berchera Experimental realization of subshot-noise quantum imaging, Nature Photonics 4, 227 (2010); G. Brida, M. Genovese, A. Meda, and I. Ruo Berchera Experimental quantum imaging exploiting multimode spatial correlation of twin beams, Phys. Rev. A 83, 033811 (2011). [2] G. Brida, L. Caspani, A. Gatti, M, Genovese, A. Meda, I. Ruo-Berchera Measurement of sub-shot-noise spatial correlations without background subtraction, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102 (21), 213602. [3] E. D. Lopaeva, I. RuoBerchera, I. P. Degiovanni, S. Olivares, G. Brida and M. Genovese Experimental realization of quantum illumination, Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 153603 (2013). [4] I. Ruo Berchera, I. P. Degiovanni, S. Olivares, and M. Genovese Quantum Light in Coupled Interferometersfor Quantum Gravity Tests, Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 213601 (2013). Electrical stimulation of colour centres in diamond with ion-beam-micromachined sub-superficia graphitic electrodes I.P. Degiovanni1 , J. Forneris2,3,4 , P. Traina1 , D. Gatto Monticone2,3,4 , A. Tengattini2,3,4 , V. Grilj5 , G. Brida1 , G. Amato1 , L. Boarino1 , E. Enrico1 , E. Moreva1 , N. Skukan5 , M. Jašić5 , C. Verona6 , G. Verona-Rinati6 , M. Genovese1,4 and P. Olivero2,3,4 1 Istituto 2 Physics Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (INRiM), Torino, Italy [email protected] Department and NIS Inter-departmental Centre, University of Torino, Italy 3 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Torino, Italy 4 Consorzio Nazionale Inter-universitario per le scienze fisiche della Materia, Torino, Italy 5 Department of Industrial Engeneering, University of Roma “Tor Vergata”, Roma, Italy 6 Laboratory of Ion Beam Interaction,Ruer Bosšković Institute, zagreb, Croazia . Abstract Color centres in diamond are promising candidates for the development of efficient single-photon sourcesand sensors. In particular, the electrical stimulation of colour centres by a controlled current injection would enable the development of compact and fully-integrated singlephoton sources on demand. The observation of electrically-stimulated single-photon emission from neutral nitrogen-vacancy (NV0 ) centers in diamond was recently reported in p-i-n devices [1, 2], based on articulated fabrication methods relying either on the controlled homoepitaxial growth of suitably doped layers [1] or on the co-implantation of P and B dopants [2]. In this work, an ion beam writing technique, relying on the strongly non-uniform damage profile of MeV ions to selectively graphitize subsuperficial layers in diamond [3, 4], is explored as an alternative strategy for the fabrication of charge-injecting micro-electrodes. Buried graphitic electrode pairs with 10 µm spacing were fabricated in the bulk of singlecrystal diamond samples using 6 MeV C3+ and 1.8 MeV He+ microbeams. The electrical characterization of the structures showed low currents flowing within the inter-electrode gap at low bias values, and a sudden current increase above an effective voltage threshold. The electroluminescence and photoluminescence imaging of the devices provided a characterization of the light-emission features of the devices. The electroluminescence spectral analysis evidenced a bright emission from native neutrally-charged nitrogen-vacancy centers (NV0 ) and from He-related defects (λZ PL = 536.3 nm, λZ PL = 560.5 nm) in the device fabricated with the above-mentioned ion specie. Moreover, the graphitic micro-electrodes were exploited to stimulate single-photon emission from isolated (NV0 ) centers through the injection of a stable and non-destructive pump current in the inter-electrode gap. Future perspectives for the application of the developed devices as electrically-stimulated single-photon emitters are finally discussed. References [1] [2] [3] [4] N. Mizuochi et al, Nature Photonics, 6, 299 (2012). A. Lohrmann et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., 99, 251106 (2011). J. Forneris et al, EPL, 104, 28005 (2013). F. Picollo et al, Adv. Mater., 25, 4696 (2012). Heralded sources vs colour-centers-based quantum emitters in diamond: towards an ideal Single Photon Source I.P. Degiovanni1 , P. Traina1 , D. Gatto Monticone2 , F. Piacentini1 , I. Ruo Berchera1 , G. Brida1 , M. Genovese1 , A. Della Frera3 , A. Tosi3 , A. Bahgat Shehata3 , E. Moreva1 , C. Scarcella3 , A. Giulinatti3 , M. Ghioni3 , S. V. Polyakov4 , P. Olivero2 , A. Migdall4 and A. Giudice5 1 Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (INRiM), Torino I-10135, Italy 2 Dipartimento [email protected] di Fisica, UniversitĂ degli Studi di Torino, Torino I-10125, Italy 3 Politecnico di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy 4 Joint Quantum Institute, University of Maryland, and National Institute of Standards and Technology, Maryland 20899, USA 5 Micro Photon Devices Srl, I-39100 Bolzano, Italy Abstract As a consequence of the key role played by single-photon sources (SPS) in several applications (quantum metrology [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], quantum information [6, 7], foundations of quantum mechanics [8, 9, 10]), much interest and effort in improving the performance of such sources [11, 12] has been observed in recent years. Due to the deviations from the ideal performance that are always present in real-world sources, a “true” SPS emitting indistinguishable single photons (with 100% probability of a single-photon emission and 0% probability of multiple-photon emission) at any arbitrary user-defined time with arbitrarily fast repetition rate is far to be realized. In order to obtain ideal single-photon generation it appears reasonable to exploit sources whose nature is deterministic in terms of single-photon emission (single quantum emitters such as single atoms, ions, molecules [13, 14], quantum dots [15, 16], or color centers in diamond [18, 19, 20, 21]) as opposed to probabilistic sources (usually heralded SPS based on parametric down-conversion) [22, 23]. It is true nonetheless that, in practice, the distinction between deterministic and probabilistic sources is often relative, because of a pracitcal non unity extraction efficiency, resulting in probabilistic losses [11, 12]. 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