Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42436116›Full record

ArticleNature communications2026

Chip-integrated metasurface-enabled single-photon skyrmion sources.

Xujing Liu, Yinhui Kan, Shailesh Kumar, Liudmilla F Kulikova, Valery A Davydov, Viatcheslav N Agafonov, Sergey I Bozhevolnyi

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Broadening the color palette of optical skyrmions.Light, science & applications · 2026
    Article
  2. Quantum topology emerges at near field.Light, science & applications · 2026
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Xujing LiuCentre of Nano Optics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-5183-3931
Yinhui KanCentre of Nano Optics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark. yinhui.kan@nbi.ku.dk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9798-922X
Shailesh KumarCentre of Nano Optics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5795-0910
Liudmilla F KulikovaL.F. Vereshchagin Institute for High Pressure Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
Valery A DavydovL.F. Vereshchagin Institute for High Pressure Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
Viatcheslav N AgafonovGREMAN, CNRS, UMR 7347, INSA CVL, Université de Tours, Tours, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5770-1252
Sergey I BozhevolnyiCentre of Nano Optics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark. seib@mci.sdu.dk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0393-4859

Funding

EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (H2020 Excellent Science - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions) 101064471
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Skyrmions, topologically stable field configurations, have recently emerged in classical optics as structured light for high-density data applications. Achieving controllable on-chip generation of single-photon skyrmions, while being highly desirable for quantum information technologies, remains challenging due to the nanoscale confinement of quantum emitters. Here we demonstrate a metasurface-integrated quantum emitter platform enabling room-temperature on-chip generation of single-photon skyrmions. Near-field coupling between quantum emitter and propitiously designed surface arrays of meta-atoms mediates spin-orbit interaction, transforming nanoscale-localized dipole emission into free-propagating topologically structured photonic modes. By exploiting this approach for structuring quantum emission from different color centers in nanodiamonds, we realize diverse skyrmionic states, including high-order anti-skyrmions and skyrmionium, and thereby demonstrate its universality across quantum emitters. Our work establishes a unified framework for on-chip structured quantum light sources, offering versatile control of high-dimensional topological states, such as skyrmions, and advancing scalable quantum photonic technologies.

Identifiers

PMID42436116
PMCPMC13483359

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.