27 publications: 19 published, 1 accepted, 4 submitted, 3 in preparation (as of Oct. 2026). See my Google Scholar profile for the most recent list.
Published
E. Postelnicu, L. B. Hughes Wyatt, T. Ngyuen, S. A. Meynell, C. Jilly, P. Wallace, A. Barnum, A. C. Bleszynski Jayich, K. Mukherjee. Harnessing diamond surface features for dense and aligned NV ensembles. Nano Lett. (2026). doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6c02155
C. C Newsom, L. B Hughes Wyatt, B. L Green, A. C Bleszynski Jayich, M. E Newton. 200 keV energy electron irradiation of single crystal diamond: Quantification of vacancy and nitrogen-vacancy production. Phys. Rev. B. 114, 065203 (2026). doi.org/10.1103/hls1-92jc
H. Gao, N. T. Leitao, S. Dandavate, L. B. Hughes Wyatt, P. Put, M. Mammen, L. S. Martin, H. Park, A. C. Bleszynski Jayich, M. D. Lukin. Dressed-state Hamiltonian engineering in a strongly interacting solid-state spin ensemble. Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 200802 (2026). doi.org/10.1103/d1kx-hy93
L. B. Hughes Wyatt,* S. Parthasarathy,* I. Kantor,* C. K. Kim, L. Chen, T. A. Morrison, J. Ahlers, K. Mukherjee, A. C. Bleszynski Jayich. Creation of depth-confined, shallow nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond with tunable density. Appl. Phys. Lett. 128, 204006 (2026. doi.org/10.1063/5.0316283
H. Lee,* H. C. Kleidermacher,* A. J. M. Stein,* H. Oh, L. B. Hughes Wyatt, C. K. Kim, L. Basso, A. Mounce, S. S. Su, M. Titze, A. C. Bleszynski Jayich, J. Vuckovic. Quantum nanophotonic interface for tin-vacancy centers in thin-film diamond. Phys. Rev. Appl. 25, 044074 (2026). doi.org/10.1103/vwt7-b64x
H. Oh,* V. Dharod,* C. Padgett,* L. B. Hughes Wyatt, J. Venkatraman, S. Parthasarathy, E. Osipova, I. Hedgepeth, J. V. Cady, L. Basso, Y. Wang, M. Titze, E. S. Bielejec, A. M. Mounce, D. Bouwmeester, A. C. Bleszynski Jayich. Spin-embedded diamond optomechanical resonator with a mechanical quality factor exceeding one million. Optica 13, 485-490 (2026). doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.577541
B. Edelman, C. Sheppard, L. Chuidian, A. Vinnikov, F. Bevc, L. B. Hughes, K. Kittredge, C. Parish, M. Leopold. Design of Nanomaterial-Based Sensors for Enhanced Halogen Bonding. ACS Omega 11, 4006-4020 (2026). doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.5c07542
S. Kim, P. London, D. Yang, L. B. Hughes, J. Ahlers, S. Meynell, W. J. Mitchell, K. Mukherjee, A. C. Bleszynski Jayich. Scalable nanoscale positioning of highly coherent color centers in prefabricated diamond nanostructures. Nat. Comm. 16, 9803 (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-64758-4
H. Gao, L. S. Martin, L. B. Hughes, N. T. Leitao, P. Put, B. Ye, H. Zhou, W. Wu, N. U. Koyluoglu, S. Meynell, E. Davis, N. Yao, A. C. Bleszynski Jayich, H. Park, M. D. Lukin. Signal amplification in a solid-state quantum sensor via asymmetric time-reversal of many-body dynamics. Nature 646, 68-74 (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09452-7
W. Wu, E. J. Davis, L. B. Hughes, B. Ye, Z. Wang, D. Kufel, T. Ono, S. A. Meynell, M. Block. C. Liu, H. Yang, A. C. Bleszynski Jayich, N. Y. Yao. Spin squeezing in an ensemble of nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond. Nature 646, 74-80 (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09524-8
L. B. Hughes, S. A. Meynell, W. Wu, S. Parthasarathy, L. Chen, Z. Zhang, Z. Wang, E. J. Davis, K. Mukherjee, N. Y. Yao, A. C. Bleszynski Jayich. A Strongly Interacting, Two-Dimensional, Dipolar Spin Ensemble in (111)-Oriented Diamond. Phys. Rev. X 15, 021035 (2025). doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.15.021035
S. Parthasarathy, M. Joos, L. B. Hughes, S. A. Meynell, T. Morrison, K. Mukherjee, D. Weld, A. C. Bleszynski Jayich. Role of oxygen in laser induced contamination of diamond-vacuum interfaces. Phys. Rev. Appl. 22, 024067 (2024). doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.22.024067
P. D. Reddy, L. Nordin, L. B. Hughes, A. K. Priedl, K. Mukherjee. Expanded stability of layered SnSe-PbSe alloys and evidence of displacive phase transformation from rocksalt in heteroepitaxial thin films. ACS Nano 18, 13437-13449 (2024). doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.4c04128
L. V. H. Rogers, S. T. Nguyen, J. H. Cox, K. Zervas, Z. Yuan, S. Sangtawesin, A. Stacey, C. Jaye, C. Weiland, A. Pershin, A. Gali, L. Thomsen, S. A. Meynell, L. B. Hughes, A. C. Bleszynski Jayich, X. Gui, R. J Cava, R. R. Knowles, N. P. de Leon. Diamond Surface Functionalization via visible light-driven CH activation for nanoscale quantum sensing. PNAS 121, e2316032121 (2024). doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2316032121
L. B. Hughes, Z. Zhang, C. Jin, S. A. Meynell, B. Ye, W. Wu, Z. Wang, E. J. Davis, T. E. Mates, N. Y. Yao, K. Mukherjee, A. C. Bleszynski Jayich. Two-dimensional spin systems in PECVD-grown diamond with tunable density and long coherence for enhanced quantum sensing and simulation. APL Materials 11, 021101 (2023). doi.org/10.1063/5.0133501 Selected as a featured article.
L. V. H. Rogers, L. B. Hughes, M. Xie, S. W. Kolkowitz, P. C. Maurer, A. C. Bleszynski Jayich, N. P. de Leon. Materials challenges for quantum technologies based on color centers in diamond. MRS Bulletin 46, 623-633 (2021). doi.org/10.1557/s43577-021-00137-w
S. A. Meynell, C. A. McLellan, L. B. Hughes, W. Wang, K. Mukherjee, A. C. Bleszynski Jayich. Engineering quantum-coherent defects: the role of substrate miscut in chemical vapor deposition diamond growth. Appl. Phys. Lett. 117, 194001 (2020). doi.org/10.1063/5.0029715 Selected as an Editor’s pick article.
L. B. Hughes,* N. Labban,* G. Conway, J. Pollock, M.C. Leopold. Adaptable Xerogel-Layered Amperometric Biosensor Platforms on Wire Electrodes for Clinically Relevant Measurements. Sensors 19, 2584 (2019). doi.org/10.3390/s19112584
A. K. Jaini, L. B. Hughes, M. Kitimet, K. J. Ulep, M. C. Leopold, and C. A. Parish. Halogen Bonding Interactions for Aromatic and Non-Aromatic Explosive Detection. ACS Sensors 4, 389-397 (2019). doi.org/10.1021/acssensors.8b01246
Accepted
P. Put,* N. T. Leitao,* H. Gao,* C. Spaegele,* O. Makarova, L. B. Hughes, A. C. Maccabe, M. Mammen, B. Machielse, H. Zhou, S. Pustelny, A. C. Bleszynski Jayich, F. Capasso, L. S. Martin, H. Park, M. D. Lukin. Collective many-body dynamics in a solid-state quantum sensor controlled through nanoscale magnetic gradients. Accepted to PRX. (2025) arXiv:2506.11920
Submitted
Z. Zhang, T. Morrison, L. B. Hughes, W. Wu, R. Liu, D. Bluvstein, N. Yao, D. Fygenson, A. C. Bleszynski Jayich. Patterning programmable spin arrays on DNA origami for quantum technologies. Submitted. (2025) arXiv:2509.10760
H. Gao, P. Put, N. T. Leitao, N. U. Köylüoğlu, A. Maccabe, M. Mammen, S. Dandavate, L. B. Hughes Wyatt, L. S. Martin, A. C. Bleszynski Jayich, H. Park, M. D. Lukin. Nanoscale magnetometry via collective many-body dynamics in diamond. Submitted. (2026) arXiv:2609.03039v1
T. Ono,* W. Wu,* H. Yang, L. B. Hughes Wyatt, B. Brenner, C. Liu, C. Fan, C. R. Laumann, J. N. Hallén, E. J. Davis, A. C. Bleszynski Jayich, N. Y. Yao. Direct Observation of Dipolar-Driven Anisotropic Quantum Projection Noise in a Solid-State Spin Ensemble. Submitted. (2026) arXiv:2609.16106
L. Chen,* S. Parthasarathy,* S. A. Meynell,* L. B. Hughes Wyatt, E. Postelnicu, H. Yang, C. K. Kim, C. Jilly-Rehak, K. Mukherjee, N. Y. Yao, A. C. Bleszynski Jayich. Characterization of one-dimensional interacting spin systems in diamond step bunches. Submitted. arXiv:2609.19496
In preparation
L. B. Hughes Wyatt, A. A. Hossain, Y. Yan, A. J. Minnich. Atomic layer etching of niobium via alternating O2 and H2/SF6 plasma exposure. In preparation.
L. B. Hughes Wyatt and A. J. Minnich. Atomic layer etching of tantalum via cryogenic BCl3 and Ar plasma exposure. In preparation.
L. B. Hughes Wyatt, I. Chen, A. J. Minnich. Advances in atomic layer etching for electronic and quantum technologies. In preparation.
Ph.D. Dissertation
Hughes, L. B. (2025). Engineering interacting spin systems in diamond for quantum technologies. UC Santa Barbara. ProQuest ID: https://www.proquest.com/LegacyDocView/DISSNUM/32241284.