Quantum Sensing & Imaging

Research Articles

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2025

• Jungbae Yoon†, Jugyeong Chung†, Hyunjun Jang, Jinsu Jung, Yuhan Lee, Chulki Kim, Nojoon Myoung and Donghun Lee, "Magnetic teganography Based on Wide-Field Diamond Quantum Microscopy", Advanced Optical Materials 13(24) 2501161, (2025)

• Kihwan Kim†, Jong Sung Moon†, Dongkwon Lee†, Jin Hee Lee, Yuhan Lee, Chanhu Park, Jugyeong Chung, Donghun Lee, and Je-Hyung Kim, "Quantum Sensing with Spin Defects: Principles, Progress, and Prospects for Use-Cases", Advanced Photonics 7(6), (2025)

• Myeongwon Lee†, Yuhan Lee†, Taekhyeon Lee, Alec Jenkins, Min-Wook Han, Soogil Lee, Byong-Guk Park, Andreas Heinrich, Kab-Jin Kim, Ania C. Bleszynski Jayich, and Donghun Lee, “Harnessing Magnetic Vortex Oscillations for Local Microwave Sources in Qubit Control”, under review, (2025)

• Wookyoung Choi†, Chanhu Park†, Jaebum Park, Dongkwon Lee, Myoungwon Lee, Hong-Yeol Kim, Keun Young Lee, Sung Dan Lee, Dong Jae Cheon, Seong-Hyok Kim and Donghun Lee, “Visualization of Meissner Effect Using Miniaturized Quantum Magnetometers”, Applied Sciences 15(17), 9766, (2025)

• Jaebum Park†, Chanhu Park†, Wookyoung Choi, Dongkwon Lee and Donghun Lee, “Optimization of magnetic flux concentrator design to maximize field amplification and sensitivity”, Journal of the Korean Physical Society, (2025)

• Dongkwon Lee, Seonho Lee, Jaebum Park, Sungjin Jang, Chanhu Park, Sunuk Choe, Preeti Ovartchaiyapong, Ania C. Bleszynski Jayich, and Donghun Lee, “Selective Strain Control in Diamond NV centers Using Multiple Mechanical Modes”, under review, (2025)

• Kihwan Kim†, Dongkwon Lee†, Yisoo Na, and Donghun Lee, “Magnetic field mediated temperature sensing with a solid-state spin qubit: a proposal for hybrid quantum thermometry with a permanent magnet”, Current Applied Physics 78, 60-66, (2025)

• Kihwan Kim, Yisoo Na, Jungbae Yoon, Dongkwon Lee, Hee Seong Kang, Chul-Ho Lee, Chulki Kim, and Donghun Lee, “Suppression of spin-bath and low-frequency noise for submegahertz ac magnetometry based on a doubly dressed spin qubit in diamond”, Phys. Rev. Applied 23, 064004, (2025)

• Wookyoung Choi, Chanhu Park, Dongkwon Lee, Jaebum Park, Myeongwon Lee, Hong-Yeol Kim, Keun-Young Lee, Sung-Dan Lee, Dongjae Jeon, Seong-Hyok Kim and Donghun Lee, “Scanning Miniaturized Magnetometer Based on Diamond Quantum Sensors and Its Potential Application for Hidden Target Detection”, Sensors 25(6), (2025)

• Dongkwon Lee†, Moojune Song†, Kihwan Kim, Albert Min Gyu Park, Mujin You, Youngseon Soon, Kab-Jin Kim and Donghun Lee, “Characterization of magnetic Bragg reflectors on YIG thin film to control spin wave transmission”, Journal of the Korean Physical Society 86, 1066–1071, (2025)

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2023

• Seunghwan Lee, Mingguang Cui, Donghun Lee, Kihoon Han, Woong Sun, and Dongmin Lee, "A rationally designed optochemogenetic switch for activating canonical Wnt signaling​", iScience 26(3), 106233 (2023)

• Jungbae Yoon, Jun Hwan Moon, Jugyeong Jeong, Yu Jin Kim, Kihwan Kim, Hee Seong Kang, Yoo Sang Jeon, Eunsoo Oh, Sun Hwa Lee, Kihoon Han, Dongmin Lee, Chul-Ho Lee, Young Keun Kim, and Donghun Lee, “Exploring the magnetic properties of individual barcode nanowires using wide-field diamond microscopy", Small 2304129 (2023)

• Jungbae Yoon, Jugyeong Jeong, and Donghun Lee, “Field averaging effect and estimation of minimum sample size in wide-field diamond microscopy”, Journal of the Korean Physics Society (2023)

• Jungbae Yoon, Kihwan Kim, Yisoo Na, and Donghun Lee, “Characterization and correction of the pulse width effects on quantum sensing experiments using solid-state spin qubits”, Current Applied Physics 50, 140-144 (2023)

• Seong Won Lee, Woo Hun Choi, HyunHee Cho, Sang-hun Lee, Wookyoung Choi, Jinsoo Joo, Donghun Lee, Su-Hyun Gong, “Electric field-driven trion drift and funneling in MoSe2 monolayer", Nano Letters 23, 10, 4282-4289 (2023)

• Mingguang Cui, ​Seunghwan Lee, Sunghwan Ban, Jinyoung Kim, Seulki Choi, Jaemin Han, Yoonhee Kim, Kihoon Han, Donghun Lee, Hyung-Bae Kwon, Dongmin Lee, "LAUNCHER: A single-component, light-assisted uncaging switch for endoproteolytic release", submitted to Nature Chemical Biology

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2022

• Yuhan Lee†, Myeongwon Lee†, Junhyeon Jo, Seokmin Lee, Jung-Woo Yoo, Taeyoung Choi, Andreas Heinrich, and Donghun Lee, "Imaging oersted field around current flowing wire based on a diamond scanning magnetometer", Current Applied Physics 34, 59-63 (2022) † Equal contributions

• Kihwan Kim, Yisoo Na, Jungbae Yoon, Dongkwon Lee, Hee Seong Kang, Chul-Ho Lee, and Donghun Lee, “Sub-MHz AC magnetometry with a double-dressed spin qubit in diamond”, arXiv:2207.06611 and in review

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2021

• Lan-Anh T Nguyen†, Krishna P Dhakal†, Yuhan Lee†, Wooseon Choi, Tuan Dung Nguyen, Chengyun Hong, Dinh Hoa Luong, Young-Min Kim, Jeongyong Kim, Myeongwon Lee, Taeyoung Choi, Andreas J Heinrich, Ji-Hee Kim*, Donghun Lee*, Dinh Loc Duong*, and Young Hee Lee*, "Spin-Selective Hole–Exciton Coupling in a V-Doped WSe2 Ferromagnetic Semiconductor at Room Temperature", ACS Nano 15(12) 20267-20277 (2021) † Equal contributions, * Co-corresponding authors

• Myeongwon Lee,  Seong Jang, Woochan Jung,  Yuhan Lee, Takashi Taniguchi,  Kenji Watanabe, Ha-Reem Kim, Hong-Gyu Park,  Gil-Ho Lee, and  Donghun Lee, "Mapping current profiles of point-contacted graphene devices using single-spin scanning magnetometer", Applied Physics Letters 118, 033101 (2021).

• Chanhu Park and  Donghun Lee, "Design and simulation of a strong and uniform microwave antenna for a large volume of nitrogen‑vacancy ensembles in diamond", Journal of the Korean Physics Society 78, 280–283 (2021).

2019

• Donghun Lee and Jay Gupta, “Perspectives on deterministic control of quantum point defects by scanned probes", Nanophotonics 8(11) 2033-2040 (2019)

• Yoonsu Bae, Jiseoup Yu, Yeonseok Jung, Donghun Lee† and Dukhyun Choi†, “Cost-effective and High-throughput Plasmonic3 Interference Coupled Nanostructures by using Quasi4 uniform Anodic Aluminum Oxide”, Coatings 9(7), 420 (2019) † Co-corresponding authors

 

2018

• Daesung Yoon, Songhwa Chae, Wook Kim, Donghun Lee† and Dukhyun Choi†, “Superhydrophobic PlasmonicNanoarchitectures based on Aluminum Hydroxide Nanotemplates”, Nanoscale 10, 17125 (2018)    † Co-corresponding authors

• Myeongwon Lee, Bumjin Jang, Jungbae Yoon, Mohan C. Mathpal, Yuhan Lee, Chulki Kim, Salvador Pane, Bradley J. Nelson, and Donghun Lee, “Magnetic imaging of a single ferromagnetic nanowire using diamondatomic sensors”, Nanotechnology 29, 405502 (2018)

• Woong Huh, Seonghoon Jang, Jae Yoon Lee, Donghun Lee, Jung Min Lee, Hong-Gyu Park, Jong Chan Kim, Hu Young Jeong, Gunuk Wang and Chul-Ho Lee, “Synaptic barristor based on phase-engineered two-dimensionalheterostructures”, Advanced Materials 1801447 (2018)

• Sunuk Choe and Donghun Lee, “StrainSimulation of Diamond NV Centers in High Q-Factor Diamond Membrane”, Journal of the Korean Physical Society 73, 95-99 (2018)

• Sunuk Choe, Jungbae Yoon, Myeongwon Lee, Jooeon Oh, Dongkwon Lee, Heeseong Kang, Chul-Ho Lee, and Donghun Lee, “Precise temperature sensing with nanoscale thermal sensors based on diamond NV centers”, Current Applied Physics 18, 1066-1070 (2018)

 

2017

• Donghun Lee†, Kenneth W. Lee†, Preeti Ovartchaiyapong, Jeff Cady, and Ania C. Bleszynski Jayich, “Topical Review:Spins and mechanics in diamond”, Journal of Optics 19, 033001 (2017)      † Equal contributions   (KU)

 

2016

• Kenneth W. Lee†, Donghun Lee †, Preeti Ovartchaiyapong, Joaquin Minguzzi, Jero Maze, and Ania C. Bleszynski Jayich, “Strain coupling of a mechanical resonator to a single quantumemitter in diamond”, Phys Rev. Applied 6, 034005 (2016)      † Equal contribution   (KU)

 

 

2015

• M. Underwood, D. Mason, D. Lee, H. Xu, L. Jiang, A. B. Shkarin, K. Børkje, S. M. Girvin, J. G. E. Harris, “Measurementof the motional sidebands of a nanogram-scale oscillator in the quantum regime”,  Physical Review A (Rapid Communications) 92, 061801 (2015)

• D. Lee, M. Underwood, D. Mason, A. B. Shkarin, S. W. Scott and J. G. E. Harris, “Multimode optomechanical dynamics in a cavity withavoided crossings”, Nature Communications 6, 6232 (2015)

• Donghun Lee, David Gohlke, Anne Benjamin and Jay A. Gupta, “Influence of the local environment on Mnacceptors in GaAs”, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter (Invited paper for special issue article) 27, 154202 (2015)

 

2013

• David Gohlke, Rohan Mishra, Oscar Restrepo, Donghun Lee, Wolfgang Windl and Jay Gupta, "Atomic-scale engineering of theelectrostatic landscape of semiconductor surfaces", Nano Letters 13, 2418-2422 (2013)\

• Anne L. Benjamin, Donghun Lee, and Jay A. Gupta, “Tuning theelectronic states of individual Co acceptors in GaAs”, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B 31, 04D102 (2013)

 

2012

• A. M. Jayich, J. C. Sankey, K. Børkje, D. Lee, C. Yang, M. Underwood, L. Childress, A. Petrenko, S. M. Girvin and J. G. E. Harris, “Cryogenic optomechanics with a Si3N4membrane and classical laser noise”, New Journal of Physics (Invited paper) 14, 115018 (2012)       

 

2011

• D. H. Lee, N. M. Santagata and J. A. Gupta, “Influence of the local environment on Znacceptors in the GaAs(110) surface”, Applied Physics Letters 99, 053124 (2011)

• Dong-Hun Lee and Jay A. Gupta, “Tunable Control over theIonization State of Single Mn Acceptors in GaAs with Defect-Induced BandBending”, Nano Letters 11, 2004–2007 (2011)   

 

2010

• D. Lee and J. A. Gupta, “Tunable field-controlover the binding energy of single dopants by a charged vacancy in GaAs”, Science 330, 1807 (2010) and also published online in Science Express (2010)

 

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Book Chapters and Featured Articles

 

• Myeongwon Lee, Jungbae Yoon, and Donghun Lee, "Atomic Scale Magnetic Sensing and Imaging Based on Diamond NV Centers", Magnetometers - Fundamentals and Applications of Magnetism, IntechOpen (2019)

• Donghun Lee, “Macroscopic Mechanical Objects in the Quantum Regime”, AKPA Newsletter (featured article) Vol. 30, No. 7 pp. 6-8 (2015)

• Kyung-Hee Kim, C.H. Jung, Heon-Jung Kim, Min-Seok Park, Dong-Hun Lee and Sung-Ik Lee, “Effect of Mg Impurity on the Magnetotransport Properties of the MgB2 Superconductor”, Focus on Superconductivity, Nova Science Publishers (Editor: Barry P. Martins), pp. 191-206 (2004)

• Kijoon H.P. Kim, Kyung Hee Kim, B.W. Kang, Dong Hun Lee, Hyun Sook Lee, Min Seok Park, C.H. Jung, P.Chowdhury and Sung-Ik Lee, “Superconductivity in and Microstructure of Well-Shaped Single-Crystalline MgB2”, Focus on Superconductivity, Nova Science Publishers (Editor: Barry P. Martins),  pp. 137-150 (2004)