© Daniel Wigger

WIGGER, Dr. Daniel

Institute of Solid State Theory & Department of Physics


Email: d.wigger@uni-muenster.de

Tel.: +49 251 83-36310

Room: IG1 734

Scholar profile
ORCID

Division/Group:  Department of Physics & AG Kuhn [en]


Previous scientific positions:
08/2023–12/2023: SFI-IRC Pathway Group Leader at the School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
05/2022–07/2023: Research Fellow with Prof. Dr. Ortwin Hess at the School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
04/2020–04/2022: Postdoc scholarship (ULAM, NAWA) with Prof. Dr. P. Machnikowski at the Department of Theoretical Physics, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
01/2017–03/2020: Postdoc with Prof. Dr. T. Kuhn at the Institute of Solid State Theory, University of Münster, Germany


Research interests:
Solid State Theory, Quantum Optics, Quantum Acoustics, Ultrafast Nonlinear Spectroscopy, Light-Matter Interaction, Hybrid Quantum Technology, Single-Photon Emitters, 2D Semiconductors


Selected publications:

  1. Controlled coherent coupling in a quantum dot molecule revealed by ultrafast four-wave mixing spectroscopy
    D. Wigger, J. Schall, M. Deconinck, N. Bart, P. Mrowiński, M. Krzykowski, K. Gawarecki, M. von Helversen, R. Schmidt, L. Bremer, F. Bopp, D. Reuter, A. D. Wieck, S. Rodt, J. Renard, G. Nogues, A. Ludwig, P. Machnikowski, J. J. Finley, S. Reitzenstein, and J. Kasprzak
    ACS Photonics 10 (5), 1504-1511 (2023)
  2. Resonant and phonon-assisted ultrafast coherent control of a single hBN color center
    J.A. Preuss, D. Groll, R. Schmidt, T. Hahn, P. Machnikowski, R. Bratschitsch, T. Kuhn, S. Michaelis de Vasconcellos, and D. Wigger
    Optica 9 (5), 522-531 (2022)
  3. Destructive photon echo formation in six-wave mixing signals of MoSe2 monolayer
    T. Hahn, D. Vaclavkova, M. Bartos, K. Nogajewski, M. Potemski, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, P. Machnikowski, T. Kuhn, J. Kasprzak, and D. Wigger
    Adv. Sci. 9, 2103813 (2022)
  4. Remote phonon control of quantum dots and other artificial atoms
    D. Wigger, K. Gawarecki, P. Machnikowski
    Adv. Quantum Technol. 4, 2000128 (2021)
  5. Optomechanical wave mixing by a single quantum dot
    M. Weiß, D. Wigger, M. Nägele, K. Müller, J.J. Finley, T. Kuhn, P. Machnikowski, and H.J. Krenner
    Optica 8 (3), 291-300 (2021)

 

  • Publications


    2024 · 2023 · 2022 · 2021 · 2020 · 2019 · 2018 · 2017 · 2016 · 2015-2011


    2024

    Excitons in quantum technologies – The role of strain engineering
    I. Niehues, E. D. S. Nysten, R. Schmidt, M. Weiß, and D. Wigger
    MRS Bulletin (published online)

    Determining strain components in a diamond waveguide from asymmetric ODMR spectra of NV− center ensembles
    M. S. Alam, F. Gorrini, M. Gawełczyk, D. Wigger, G. Coccia, Y. Guo, S. Shahbazi, V. Bharadwaj, R. Ramponi, P. E. Barclay, A. Kubanek, A. J. Bennett, J. P. Hadden, S. M. Eaton, A. Bifone, and P. Machnikowski
    Phys. Rev. Appl. 22, 024055 (2024)

    Room-temperature quantum nanoplasmonic coherent perfect absorption
    Y. Lai, D. D. A. Clarke, P. Grimm, A. Devi, D. Wigger, T. Helbig, T. Hofmann, R. Thomale, N. Kongsuwan, J.-S. Huang, B. Hecht, and O. Hess
    Nat. Commun. 15, 6324 (2024)

    High-harmonic spectroscopy probes lattice dynamics
    J. Zhang, Z. Wang, F. Lengers, D. Wigger, D.E. Reiter, T. Kuhn, H.J. Wörner, and T.T. Luu
    Nat. Photonics 18, 792-798 (2024)

    Theory of phonon sidebands in the absorption spectra of moiré exciton-polaritons
    K. Jürgens, D. Wigger, and T. Kuhn
    2D Mater. 11, 035027 (2024)

    Quantum dots as optimized chiral emitters for photonic integrated circuits
    J. Rosinski, M. Gawełczyk, P. Karwat, D. Wigger, and P. Machnikowski
    Phys. Rev. B 109, 085431 (2024)

    Electrochemically switchable multimode strong coupling in plasmonic nanocavities
    Y. Yang, R. Chikkaraddy, Q. Lin, D.D.A. Clarke, D. Wigger, J.J. Baumberg, and O. Hess
    Nano Lett. 24 (1), 238-244 (2024)


    2023

    Controlled coherent coupling in a quantum dot molecule revealed by ultrafast four-wave mixing spectroscopy
    D. Wigger, J. Schall, M. Deconinck, N. Bart, P. Mrowiński, M. Krzykowski, K. Gawarecki, M. von Helversen, R. Schmidt, L. Bremer, F. Bopp, D. Reuter, A. D. Wieck, S. Rodt, J. Renard, G. Nogues, A. Ludwig, P. Machnikowski, J. J. Finley, S. Reitzenstein, and J. Kasprzak
    ACS Photonics 10 (5), 1504-1511 (2023)

    Controlled coherent-coupling and dynamics of exciton complexes in a MoSe2 monolayer
    A. Rodek, T. Hahn, J. Howarth, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, M. Potemski, P. Kossacki, D. Wigger, and J. Kasprzak
    2D Mater. 10, 025027 (2023)

    Identification of weak molecular absorption in single-wavelength s-SNOM images
    I. Niehues, L. Mester, E. Vicentini, D. Wigger, A.A. Govyadinov, M. Schnell, and R. Hillenbrand
    Opt. Express 31 (4), 7012-7022 (2023)

    How to Read Out the Phonon Number Statistics via Resonance Fluorescence Spectroscopy of a Single-Photon Emitter
    D. Groll, F. Paschen, P. Machnikowski, O. Hess, D. Wigger, and T. Kuhn
    Adv. Quantum Technol. 2300153 (2023)


    2022

    Quantum control of optically driven artificial atoms with surface acoustic waves
    M. Choquer, M. Weiß, E.D.S. Nysten, M. Lienhart, P. Machnikowski, D. Wigger, H.J. Krenner, and G. Moody
    IEEE Trans. Quantum Eng. 3, 5100217 (2022)

    Resonant and phonon-assisted ultrafast coherent control of a single hBN color center
    J.A. Preuss, D. Groll, R. Schmidt, T. Hahn, P. Machnikowski, R. Bratschitsch, T. Kuhn, S. Michaelis de Vasconcellos, and D. Wigger
    Optica 9 (5), 522-531 (2022)

    Coherent Dynamics of a Single Mn-Doped Quantum Dot Revealed by Four-Wave Mixing Spectroscopy
    J. Kasprzak, D. Wigger, T. Hahn, T. Jakubczyk, Ł. Zinkiewicz, P. Machnikowski, T. Kuhn, J.-F. Motte, and W. Pacuski
    ACS Photonics 9 (3), 1033-1041 (2022)

    Single-Photon Emitters in Layered Van der Waals Materials
    S. Michaelis de Vasconcellos, D. Wigger, U. Wurstbauer, A.W. Holleitner, R. Bratschitsch, T. Kuhn
    Phys. Status Solidi B 259, 2100566 (2022)

    Photon scattering from a quantum acoustically modulated two-level system
    T. Hahn, D. Groll, H.J. Krenner, T. Kuhn, P. Machnikowski, and D. Wigger
    AVS Quantum Sci. 4, 011403 (2022)

    Destructive Photon Echo Formation in Six-Wave Mixing Signals of MoSe2 Monolayer
    T. Hahn, D. Vaclavkova, M. Bartos, K. Nogajewski, M. Potemski, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, P. Machnikowski, T. Kuhn, J. Kasprzak, and D. Wigger
    Adv. Sci. 9, 2103813 (2022)


    2021

    Comparison of the semiclassical and quantum optical field dynamics in a pulse-excited optical cavity with a finite number of quantum emitters
    K. Jürgens, F. Lengers, D. Groll, D.E. Reiter, D. Wigger, and T. Kuhn
    Phys. Rev. B 104, 205308 (2021)

    Resonance-fluorescence spectral dynamics of an acoustically modulated quantum dot
    D. Wigger, M. Weiß, M. Lienhart, K. Müller, J.J. Finley, T. Kuhn, H.J. Krenner, and P. Machnikowski
    Phys. Rev. Research 3, 033197 (2021)

    Local field effects in ultrafast light-matter interaction measured by pump-probe spectroscopy of monolayer MoSe2
    A. Rodek, T. Hahn, J. Kasprzak, T. Kasimierczuk, K. Nogajewski, K.E. Połczyńska, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, T. Kuhn, P. Machnikowski, M. Potemski, D. Wigger, and P. Kossacki
    Nanophotonics 10, 2717-2728 (2021)

    Remote Phonon Control of Quantum Dots and Other Artificial Atoms
    D. Wigger, K. Gawarecki, P. Machnikowski
    Adv. Quantum Technol. 4, 2000128 (2021)

    Optomechanical wave mixing by a single quantum dot
    M. Weiß, D. Wigger, M. Nägele, K. Müller, J.J. Finley, T. Kuhn, P. Machnikowski, and H.J. Krenner
    Optica 8 (3), 291-300 (2021)

    Influence of local fields on the dynamics of four-wave mixing signals from 2D semiconductor systems
    T. Hahn, J. Kasprzak, P. Machnikowski, T. Kuhn, and D. Wigger
    New J. Phys. 23, 023036 (2021)

    Controlling Photoluminescence Spectra of hBN Color Centers by Selective Phonon-Assisted Excitation: A Theoretical Proposal
    D. Groll, T. Hahn, P. Machnikowski, D. Wigger, and T. Kuhn
    Mater. Quantum. Technol. 1, 015004 (2021)


    2020

    Strain tuning of the Stokes shift in atomically thin semiconductors
    I. Niehues, P. Marauhn, T. Deilmann, D. Wigger, R. Schmidt, A. Arora, S. Michaelis de Vasconcellos, Michael Rohlfing and R. Bratschitsch
    Nanoscale 12, 20786 (2020)

    Four-wave mixing dynamics of a strongly coupled quantum-dot–microcavity system driven by up to 20 photons
    D. Groll, D. Wigger, K. Jürgens, T. Hahn, C. Schneider, M. Kamp, S. Höfling, J. Kasprzak, and T. Kuhn
    Phys. Rev. B 101, 245301 (2020)

    Entropy Dynamics of Phonon Quantum States Generated by Optical Excitation of a Two-Level System
    T. Hahn, D. Wigger and T. Kuhn
    Entropy 22 (3), 286 (2020)

    Acoustic phonon sideband dynamics during polaron formation in a single quantum dot
    D. Wigger, V. Karakhanyan, C. Schneider, M. Kamp, S. Höfling, P. Machnikowski, T. Kuhn, and J. Kasprzak
    Opt. Lett. 45, 919-922 (2020)


    2019

    Influence of excited state decay and dephasing on phonon quantum state preparation
    T. Hahn, D. Groll, T. Kuhn, and D. Wigger
    Phys. Rev. B 100, 024306 (2019)

    Phonon-assisted emission and absorption of individual color centers in hexagonal boron nitride
    D. Wigger, R. Schmidt, O. Del Pozo-Zamudio, J.A. Preuß, P. Tonndorf, R. Schneider, P. Steeger, J. Kern, Y. Khodaei, J. Sperling, S. Michaelis de Vasconcellos, R. Bratschitsch, and T. Kuhn
    2D Mater. 6, 035006 (2019)


    2018

    Rabi oscillations of a quantum dot exciton coupled to acoustic phonons: coherence and population readout
    D. Wigger, C. Schneider, S. Gerhardt, M. Kamp, S. Höfling, T. Kuhn, and J. Kasprzak
    Optica 5 (11), 1442-1450 (2018)

    Strain Control of Exciton-Phonon Coupling in Atomically Thin Semiconductors
    I. Niehues, R. Schmidt, M. Drüppel, P. Marauhn, D. Christiansen, M. Selig, G. Berghäuser, D. Wigger, R. Schneider, L. Braasch, R. Koch, A. Castellanos-Gomez, T. Kuhn, A. Knorr, E. Malic, M. Rohlfing, S. Michaelis de Vasconcellos, and R. Bratschitsch
    Nano Lett. 18 (3), 1751-1757 (2018)


    2017

    Control of quantum dot laser emission by coherent phonon wave packets
    D. Wigger, T. Czerniuk, D.E. Reiter, M. Bayer, and T. Kuhn
    J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 906, 012025 (2017)

    Exploring coherence of individual excitons in InAs quantum dots embedded in natural photonic defects: Influence of the excitation intensity
    D. Wigger, Q. Mermillod, T. Jakubczyk, F. Fras, S. Le-Denmat, D.E. Reiter. S. Höfling, M. Kamp. G. Nogues, C. Schneider, T. Kuhn, and J. Kasprzak
    Phys. Rev. B 96, 165311 (2017)

    Systematic study of the influence of coherent phonon wave packets on the lasing properties of a quantum dot ensemble
    D. Wigger, T. Czerniuk, D.E. Reiter, M. Bayer, and T. Kuhn
    New J. Phys. 19 (2017) 073001

    Picosecond Control of Quantum Dot Laser Emission by Coherent Phonons
    T. Czerniuk, D. Wigger, A.V. Akimov, C. Schneider, M. Kamp, S. Höfling, D.R. Yakovlev, T. Kuhn, D.E. Reiter, and M. Bayer
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 133901 (2017)


    2016

    Impact of Phonons on Dephasing of Individual Excitons in Deterministic Quantum Dot Microlenses
    T. Jakubczyk, V. Delmonte, S. Fischbach, D. Wigger, D.E. Reiter, Q. Mermillod, P. Schnauber, A. Kaganskiy, J.-H. Schulze, A. Strittmatter, S. Rodt, W. Langbein, T. Kuhn, S. Reitzenstein, and J. Kasprzak
    ACS Photonics 3, 2461 (2016)

    Quantum dynamics of optical phonons generated by optical excitations of a quantum dot
    D. Wigger, H. Gehring, V.M. Axt, D.E. Reiter, and T. Kuhn
    J. Comput. Electron 15, 1158-1169 (2016)

    Nanoscale Positioning of Single-Photon Emitters in Atomically Thin WSe2
    J. Kern, I. Niehues, P. Tonndorf, R. Schmidt, D. Wigger, R. Schneider, T. Stiehm, S. Michaelis de Vasconcellos, D.E. Reiter, T. Kuhn, and R. Bratschitsch
    Adv. Mater. 28, 7101-7105 (2016)

    Dynamics of excitons in individual InAs quantum dots revealed in four-wave mixing spectroscopy
    Q. Mermillod, D. Wigger, V. Delmonte, D.E. Reiter, C. Schneider, M. Kamp, S. Höfling, W. Langbein, T. Kuhn, G. Nogues, and J. Kasprzak
    Optica, 3 (4), 377-384 (2016)


    2015

    Generating sequences of phonon wave packets by optical excitation of a quantum dot
    D.E. Reiter, D. Wigger, S. Lüker, V.M. Axt, P. Machnikowski, T. Kuhn
    J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 647, 012025 (2015)

    Squeezed Phonon Wave Packet Generation by Optical Manipulation of a Quantum Dot
    D. Wigger, S. Lüker, V.M. Axt, D.E. Reiter, and T. Kuhn
    Photonics 2, 214 (2015)


    2014

    Energy transport and coherence properties of acoustic phonons generated by optical excitation of a quantum dot
    D. Wigger, S. Lüker, D.E. Reiter, V.M. Axt, P. Machnikowski, and T. Kuhn
    J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 26, 355802 (2014)


    2013

    Fluctuation properties of acoustic phonons generated by ultrafast optical excitation of a quantum dot
    D. Wigger, D.E. Reiter, V.M. Axt, and T. Kuhn
    Phys. Rev. B 87, 085301 (2013)


    2011

    Generation and dynamics of phononic cat states after optical excitation of a quantum dot
    D.E. Reiter, D. Wigger, V.M. Axt, and T. Kuhn
    Phys. Rev. B. 84, 195327 (2011)

    Fluctuation properties of phonons generated by ultrafast optical excitation of a quantum dot
    D.E. Reiter, D. Wigger, J.M. Daniels, T. Papenkort, A. Vagov, V.M. Axt, and T. Kuhn
    Phys. Status Solidi B 248 (4), 825-828 (2011)

  • Theses

    Interplay between acoustic phonons and excitons in optically driven semiconductor quantum dots
    [PhD thesis, 2017]


    Gequetschte Phonon-Zustände in optisch angeregten Halbleitern
    [Diploma thesis, 2012]