Advances in Near Field Optical Microscopy Based on Infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers
C. Silvestri et al., "Quantum cascade laser roadmap," arXiv, Feb. 19, 2026. doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2602.17042.
CV
Education
- Ph.D in Version Control Theory, GitHub University, 2018 (expected)
- M.S. in Jekyll, GitHub University, 2014
- B.S. in GitHub, GitHub University, 2012
Work experience
- Spring 2024: Academic Pages Collaborator
- Github University
- Duties includes: Updates and improvements to template
- Supervisor: The Users
- Fall 2015: Research Assistant
- Github University
- Duties included: Merging pull requests
- Supervisor: Professor Hub
- Summer 2015: Research Assistant
- Github University
- Duties included: Tagging issues
- Supervisor: Professor Git
Skills
- Skill 1
- Skill 2
- Sub-skill 2.1
- Sub-skill 2.2
- Sub-skill 2.3
- Skill 3
Publications
Near-Field Optical Microscopy for Spatially Confined Nanostructures
Guo, X., Bertling, K., Belonohy, D., Zhang, X., Wang, Z., Virdis, B., Mathel, V., Aziz, S., Heitzman, M., Vandi, L.J., Degnan, Z., Steele, J.A., Jacobson, P., Chanda, P., Torniainen, J., Donose, B.C., Brünig, M. and Rakić, A.D., 2025, August. Near-field optical microscopy for spatially confined nanostructures. In 2025 50th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz) (pp. 1-2). IEEE. doi: 10.1109/IRMMW-THz61557.2025.11319789.
Near-field nanoscopy of terahertz collective excitations for silicon-based quantum technologies
Guo, X., He, X., Degnan, Z., Chiu, C.C., Bertling, K., Donose, B.C., Fedorov, A., Jacobson, P. and Rakić, A.D., 2024, September. Near-field nanoscopy of terahertz collective excitations for silicon-based quantum technologies. In 2024 49th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz) (pp. 1-2). IEEE. doi: 10.1109/IRMMW-THz60956.2024.10697801.
[Feature Article] Terahertz nanoscopy: Advances, challenges, and the road ahead
Guo X, Bertling K, Donose BC, Brünig M, Cernescu A, Govyadinov AA, Rakić AD. Terahertz nanoscopy: Advances, challenges, and the road ahead. Applied Physics Reviews. 2024 Jun 1;11(2) 021306.
[Front Cover] Near-field localization of the boson peak on tantalum films for superconducting quantum devices
Guo X, Degnan Z, Steele JA, Solano E, Donose BC, Bertling K, Fedorov A, Rakić AD, Jacobson P. Near-field localization of the boson peak on tantalum films for superconducting quantum devices. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 2023 May 18;14(20):4892-900.
Terahertz nanospectroscopy of plasmon polaritons for the evaluation of doping in quantum devices
Guo X, He X, Degnan Z, Chiu CC, Donose BC, Bertling K, Fedorov A, Rakić AD, Jacobson P. Terahertz nanospectroscopy of plasmon polaritons for the evaluation of doping in quantum devices. Nanophotonics. 2023 May 8;12(10):1865-75.
[Front Cover, Editors’ Pick-up] Near-field terahertz nanoscopy of coplanar microwave resonators
Guo X, He X, Degnan Z, Donose BC, Bertling K, Fedorov A, Rakić AD, Jacobson P. Near-field terahertz nanoscopy of coplanar microwave resonators. Applied Physics Letters. 2021 Aug 30;119(9).
Optical constants from scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscope
Guo X, Bertling K, Rakić AD. Optical constants from scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscope. Applied Physics Letters. 2021 Jan 25;118(4).
High-efficiency sono-solar-induced degradation of organic dye by the piezophototronic/photocatalytic coupling effect of FeS/ZnO nanoarrays
Guo X, Fu Y, Hong D, Yu B, He H, Wang Q, Xing L, Xue X. High-efficiency sono-solar-induced degradation of organic dye by the piezophototronic/photocatalytic coupling effect of FeS/ZnO nanoarrays. Nanotechnology. 2016 Aug 8;27(37):375704.
Talks
The 12th Australia-New Zealand Terahertz Workshop (AUNZ THz Workshop 2025)
Talk at The University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia
Terahertz nanoscopy of collective excitations for quantum technologies
Talk at 17th International Conference on Near-field Optics, Nanophotonics, and Related Techniques (NFO-17), Melbourne, Australia
[Invited Workshop Seminar] Terahertz nanoscopy: Advances, challenges, and the road ahead
Talk at Attocube Near-field Optical Nanoscopy Workshop at NFO-17, Melbourne, Australia
[Invited Conference Talk] Near-field nanoscopy of terahertz collective excitations for quantum technologies
Talk at 2024 International Symposium on Ultrafast Phenomena and THz Waves (ISUPTW), Guangzhou, China
[Invited Seminar] Terahertz Nanoscopy
Conference proceedings talk at 2024 49th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), Perth, Australia
Near-field nanoscopy of terahertz collective excitations for silicon-based quantum technologies
Conference proceedings talk at 2024 49th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), Perth, Australia
Terahertz nanoscopy: a non-destructive characterization tool for nanomaterials and nanostructures
Talk at The 2022 Conference on Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices (COMMAD), Adelaide, Australia
[Invited Seminar] Challenges and advances in THz scattering SNOM
Talk at 2nd International Nanoscale Analytics Workshop, Munich, Germany
Advances and challenges in THz scattering SNOM
Talk at 8th Australian THz Workshop, Sydney, Australia
Teaching
Service and leadership
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