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Scalable integration of bright emitters in quantum photonic structures is an important step in the broader quest to generate and manipulate single photons via compact solid-state devices. Unfortunately, implementations relying on material…

Quantum emitters in layered materials are promising candidates for applications in nanophotonics. Here we present a technique based on charge transfer to graphene for measuring the charge transition levels ($\rm E_t$) of fluorescent defects…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-07-02 Zai-Quan Xu , Noah Mendelson , John A. Scott , Chi Li , Igor Aharonovich , Milos Toth

Optically active spin defects in solids are leading candidates for quantum sensing and quantum networking. Recently, single spin defects were discovered in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), a layered van der Waals (vdW) material. Due to its…

Although point defects in hexagonal boron nitride exhibiting single-photon emission attract considerable interest, a broader understanding of defect physics and chemistry in hBN remains limited, potentially hindering further development.…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-05-14 Marek Maciaszek

Optically active defects in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) are promising candidates for active components in emerging quantum technologies, such as single-photon emitters and spin centers. However, further progress in hBN-based quantum…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-05-14 Marek Maciaszek , Bartłomiej Baur

Under high electrical current, some materials can emit electromagnetic radiation beyond incandescence. This phenomenon, referred to as electroluminescence, leads to the efficient emission of visible photons and is the basis of domestic…

Quantum technologies require robust and photostable single photon emitters (SPEs) that can be reliably engineered. Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) has recently emerged as a promising candidate host to bright and optically stable SPEs…

Optically active spin defects in wide-bandgap materials have many potential applications in quantum information and quantum sensing. Spin defects in two-dimensional layered van der Waals materials are just emerging to be investigated. Here…

Defects in solid-state systems constitute a promising platform for the realization of deterministic quantum emitters. Among many candidate materials and emitters, point defects in hexagonal Boron Nitride (hBN) have recently emerged as…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-23 Jake Horder , Hugo Quard , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Nathan Coste , Igor Aharonovich

Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) has emerged as a promising ultrathin host of single photon emitters (SPEs) with favorable quantum properties at room temperature, making it a highly desirable element for integrated quantum photonic networks.…

A stable single-photon source working at high temperatures with high brightness and covering full band emission from one host material is critically important for quantum technologies. Here, we find that the certain hBN single-photon…

Quantum emitters in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) have emerged as a promising solid-state platform for quantum technology applications. However, a persistent challenge in the field is the unclear origin of many observed emission lines,…

Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) is unique among two-dimensional materials, with a large band gap (~6 eV) and high thermal conductivity (>400 W/m/K), second only to diamond among electrical insulators. Most electronic studies to date have…

We demonstrate the fabrication of large-scale arrays of single photon emitters (SPEs) in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN). Bottom-up growth of hBN onto nanoscale arrays of dielectric pillars yields corresponding arrays of hBN emitters at the…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-05-12 Chi Li , Noah Mendelson , Ritika Ritika , Yong-Liang Chen , Zai-Quan Xu , Milos Toth , Igor Aharonovich

Single defect centers in layered hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) are promising candidates as single photon sources for quantum optics and nanophotonics applications. However, until today spectral instability hinders many applications. Here,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-09-12 A. Dietrich , M. Bürk , E. S. Steiger , L. Antoniuk , T. T. Tran , M. Nguyen , I. Aharonovich , F. Jelezko , A. Kubanek

Paramagnetic substitutional carbon (C$_\text{B}$, C$_\text{N}$) defects in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) are discussed as candidates for quantum bits. Their identification and suitability are approached by means of photoluminescence (PL),…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-11 Philipp Auburger , Adam Gali

Fabricating patterned nanostructures with matter waves can help to realise new nanophotonic devices. However, due to dispersion effects, designing patterns with nanoscale features is challenging. Here, we consider the propagation of a…

Point defects in hexagonal boron nitride have emerged as a promising quantum light source due to their bright and photostable room temperature emission. In this work, we study the incorporation of quantum emitters during chemical vapor…

Quantum microscopes based on solid-state spin quantum sensors have recently emerged as powerful tools for probing material properties and physical processes in regimes not accessible to classical sensors, especially on the nanoscale. Such…

Van der Waals heterostructures employing graphene and hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) crystals have emerged as a promising platform for plasmonics thanks to the tunability of their collective modes with carrier density and record values for…

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