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Single photon emitters in 2D hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) have attracted a considerable attention because of their highly intense, stable, and strain-tunable emission. However, the precise source of this emission, in particular the…
Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) has emerged as a promising two-dimensional (2D) material for many applications in photonics. Although its linear and nonlinear optical properties have been extensively studied, its interaction with…
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Recent research focused on single photon emitters (SPEs) hosted by layered semiconductors, particularly hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), has revealed a promising alternative to quantum dots (QDs) for generating single, indistinguishable…
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Forming single-photon emitters (SPEs) in insulating hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) has sparked wide interests in the quantum photonics. Despite significant progress, it remains challenging to deterministically create SPEs at precise…
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In recent years, mono-layers and multi-layers of hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) have been demonstrated as host materials for localized atomic defects that can be used as emitters for ultra-bright, non-classical light. The origin of the…
Quantum photonics technologies require a scalable approach for integration of non-classical light sources with photonic resonators to achieve strong light confinement and enhancement of quantum light emission. Point defects from hexagonal…
The defect-mediated hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) supercell display the visible optical spectra and electronic characteristics. The defects in the hBN supercell include the atomic vacancy, antisite, antisite vacancy, and substitution of a…
Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) holds promise as a solid state, van der Waals host of single photon emitters for on-chip quantum photonics. The B-centre defect emitting at 436 nm is particularly compelling as it can be generated by electron…
Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) is a tantalizing material for solid-state quantum engineering. Analogously to three-dimensional wide-bandgap semiconductors like diamond, h-BN hosts isolated defects exhibiting visible fluorescence, and the…
Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is gaining interest for potential applications in integrated quantum nanophotonics. Yet, to establish hBN as an integrated photonic platform several cornerstones must be established, including the integration…
The discovery of room-temperature single-photon emitters (SPEs) hosted by two-dimensional hexagonal boron nitride (2D hBN) has sparked intense research interest. Although emitters in the vicinity of 2 eV have been studied extensively, their…