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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

All Publications

2026

“Harnessing magnetic vortex oscillations for local microwave sources in qubit control”
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

Phys. Rev. Applied, (2026)
 

Optimization of magnetic flux concentrator design to maximize field amplification and sensitivity
Jaebum Park†, Chanhu Park†, Wookyoung Choi, Dongkwon Lee and Donghun Lee

Journal of the Korean Physical Society 88, 394–400, (2026)

 

"Machine learning-assisted advances in graphene and 2D materials"

Sunuk Choe, Taegeunb Song, Donghun Lee, Ara Go, Nojoon Myoung
Current Applied Physics Open source preview 87, 116124, (2026)

2025

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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"Quantum Sensing with Spin Defects: Principles, Progress, and Prospects for Use-Cases"
Kihwan Kim†, Jong Sung Moon†, Dongkwon Lee†, Jin Hee Lee, Yuhan Lee, Chanhu Park, Jugyeong Chung, Donghun Lee*, and Je-Hyung Kim
Advanced Photonics 7(6), 064002, (2025)

* Co-corresponding authors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Visualization of Meissner Effect Using Miniaturized Quantum Magnetometers
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
Applied Sciences 15(17), 9766, (2025)

 

 

 

 


 

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Tuning strain coupling between diamond oscillators and NV centers via interference of two mechanical modes
Dongkwon Lee, Seonho Lee, Jaebum Park, Sungjin Jang, Chanhu Park, Sunuk Choe, Preeti Ovartchaiyapong, Ania C. Bleszynski Jayich, and Donghun Lee
APL Quantum 2(4), 046107, (2025)

 


Magnetic field mediated temperature sensing with a solid-state spin qubit: a proposal for hybrid quantum thermometry with a permanent magnet

Kihwan Kim†, Dongkwon Lee†, Yisoo Na, and Donghun Lee
Current Applied Physics 78, 60-66, (2025)

 

 

 

 


Suppression of spin-bath and low-frequency noise for submegahertz ac magnetometry based on a doubly dressed spin qubit in diamond

Kihwan Kim, Yisoo Na, Jungbae Yoon, Dongkwon Lee, Hee Seong Kang, Chul-Ho Lee, Chulki Kim, and Donghun Lee,  Phys. Rev.
Applied 23(6), 064004, (2025)

 

 

 

 

 

 


Scanning Miniaturized Magnetometer Based on Diamond Quantum Sensors and Its Potential Application for Hidden Target Detection

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
Sensors 25(6), 1866, (2025)

 

 

 

 

 

 


Characterization of magnetic Bragg reflectors on YIG thin film to control spin wave transmission

Dongkwon Lee†, Moojune Song†, Kihwan Kim, Albert Min Gyu Park, Mujin You, Youngseon Soon, Kab-Jin Kim and Donghun Lee
Journal of the Korean Physical Society 86, 1066–1071, (2025)

2024

"A single-component, light-assisted uncaging switch for endoproteolytic release"
Mingguang Cui, ​Seunghwan Lee, Sunghwan Ban, Jinyoung Kim, Seulki Choi, Jaemin Han, Yoonhee Kim, Kihoon Han, Donghun Lee, Hyung-Bae Kwon, Dongmin Lee
Nature Chemical Biology 20, 353-364, (2024)

"Optimization of metal-insulated-semiconductor field-effect-transistor for the formation of two-dimensional electron gas in dopant-free systems"
Do-Hoon Kim#, Hyeon-Sik Jang#, Changki Hong, Minky Seo, Hoonkyung Lee, Sang-Jin Lee, Nojoon Myoung, Donghun Lee, Seok-Kyun Son*, and Young Tea Chun*
Current Applied Physics 66, 42-48 (2024)

2023

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

 

 

 

 

 

 



Exploring the magnetic properties of individual barcode nanowires using wide-field diamond microscopy"

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
Small 19(40), 2304129, (2023)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Field averaging effect and estimation of minimum sample size in wide-field diamond microscopy

Jungbae Yoon, Jugyeong Jeong, and Donghun Lee
Journal of the Korean Physics Society 82, 970–974, (2023)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Characterization and correction of the pulse width effects on quantum sensing experiments using solid-state spin qubits

Jungbae Yoon, Kihwan Kim, Yisoo Na, and Donghun Lee
Current Applied Physics 50, 140-144, (2023)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Electric field-driven trion drift and funneling in MoSe2 monolayer"

Seong Won Lee, Woo Hun Choi, HyunHee Cho, Sang-hun Lee, Wookyoung Choi, Jinsoo Joo, Donghun Lee, Su-Hyun Gong
Nano Letters 23(10), 4282-4289, (2023)

2021

"Spin-Selective Hole–Exciton Coupling in a V-Doped WSe2 Ferromagnetic Semiconductor at Room Temperature"
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*
ACS Nano 15(12), 20267-20277, (2021)
† Equal contributions, * Co-corresponding authors


"Mapping current profiles of point-contacted graphene devices using single-spin scanning magnetometer"

Myeongwon Lee,  Seong Jang, Woochan Jung,  Yuhan Lee, Takashi Taniguchi,  Kenji Watanabe, Ha-Reem Kim, Hong-Gyu Park,  Gil-Ho Lee, and  Donghun Lee
Applied Physics Letters 118(3), 033101, (2021)


"Design and simulation of a strong and uniform microwave antenna for a large volume of nitrogen‑vacancy ensembles in diamond"

Chanhu Park and  Donghun Lee
Journal of the Korean Physics Society 78, 280–283, (2021)

2022

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

2019

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


Cost-effective and High-throughput Plasmonic3 Interference Coupled Nanostructures by using Quasi4 uniform Anodic Aluminum Oxide

Yoonsu Bae, Jiseoup Yu, Yeonseok Jung, Donghun Lee† and Dukhyun Choi†
Coatings 9(7), 420, (2019)
† Co-corresponding authors

2018

Superhydrophobic PlasmonicNanoarchitectures based on Aluminum Hydroxide Nanotemplates
Daesung Yoon, Songhwa Chae, Wook Kim, Donghun Lee† and Dukhyun Choi†
Nanoscale 10(36), 17125-17130, (2018)
† Co-corresponding authors


Magnetic imaging of a single ferromagnetic nanowire using diamondatomic sensors

Myeongwon Lee, Bumjin Jang, Jungbae Yoon, Mohan C. Mathpal, Yuhan Lee, Chulki Kim, Salvador Pane, Bradley J. Nelson, and Donghun Lee
Nanotechnology 29(40), 405502, (2018)


Synaptic Barristor Based on Phase-Engineered 2D Heterostructures

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
Advanced Materials 30(35), 1801447, (2018)


Strain Simulation of Diamond NV Centers in High Q-Factor Diamond Membranes

Sunuk Choe and Donghun Lee
Journal of the Korean Physical Society 73, 95-99, (2018)


Precise temperature sensing with nanoscale thermal sensors based on diamond NV centers
Sunuk Choe, Jungbae Yoon, Myeongwon Lee, Jooeon Oh, Dongkwon Lee, Heeseong Kang, Chul-Ho Lee, and Donghun Lee
Current Applied Physics 18(9), 1066-1070, (2018)

2017

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

2016

Strain Coupling of a Mechanical Resonator to a Single Quantum Emitter in Diamond
Kenneth W. Lee†, Donghun Lee †, Preeti Ovartchaiyapong, Joaquin Minguzzi, Jero Maze, and Ania C. Bleszynski Jayich
Phys Rev. Applied 6(3), 034005, (2016)
† Equal contribution(KU)

2015

Measurement of the motional sidebands of a nanogram-scale oscillator in the quantum regime
M. Underwood, D. Mason, Donghun Lee, H. Xu, L. Jiang, A. B. Shkarin, K. Børkje, S. M. Girvin, J. G. E. Harris
Physical Review A 92(6), 061801, (2015)


Multimode optomechanical dynamics in a cavity with avoided crossings

Donghun Lee, M. Underwood, D. Mason, A. B. Shkarin, S. W. Scott and J. G. E. Harris
Nature Communications 6, 6232, (2015)


Influence of the local environment on Mn acceptors in GaAs

Donghun Lee, David Gohlke, Anne Benjamin and Jay A. Gupta
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter (Invited paper for special issue article) 27, 154202, (2015)

2013

"Atomic-Scale Engineering of the Electrostatic Landscape of Semiconductor Surfaces"
David Gohlke, Rohan Mishra, Oscar Restrepo, Donghun Lee, Wolfgang Windl and Jay Gupta
Nano Letters 13(6), 2418-2422, (2013)


Tuning the electronic states of individual Co acceptors in GaAs

Anne L. Benjamin, Donghun Lee, and Jay A. Gupta
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B 31(4), 04D102, (2013)

2012

Cryogenic optomechanics with a Si3N4 membrane and classical laser noise
A. M. Jayich, J. C. Sankey, K. Børkje, Donghun Lee, C. Yang, M. Underwood, L. Childress, A. Petrenko, S. M. Girvin and J. G. E. Harris
New Journal of Physics (Invited paper) 14, 115018, (2012)

2011

Influence of the local environment on Zn acceptors in the GaAs(110) surface
Donghun Lee, N. M. Santagata and J. A. Gupta
Applied Physics Letters 99(5), 053124, (2011)


Tunable Control over the Ionization State of Single Mn Acceptors in GaAs with Defect-Induced Band Bending

Donghun Lee and Jay A. Gupta
Nano Letters 11(5), 2004–2007, (2011)

2010

Tunable Field Control Over the Binding Energy of Single Dopants by a Charged Vacancy in GaAs
Donghun Lee and J. A. Gupta
Science 330(6012), 1807-1810, (2010) and also published online in Science Express (2010)

Book Chapters and Featured Articles

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


Macroscopic Mechanical Objects in the Quantum Regime

Donghun Lee
AKPA Newsletter (featured article) Vol. 30, No. 7 pp. 6-8 (2015)


Effect of Mg Impurity on the Magnetotransport Properties of the MgB2 Superconductor

Kyung-Hee Kim, C.H. Jung, Heon-Jung Kim, Min-Seok Park, Dong-Hun Lee and Sung-Ik Lee
Focus on Superconductivity, Nova Science Publishers (Editor: Barry P. Martins), pp. 191-206 (2004)


Superconductivity in and Microstructure of Well-Shaped Single-Crystalline MgB2

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
Focus on Superconductivity, Nova Science Publishers (Editor: Barry P. Martins),  pp. 137-150 (2004)

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