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Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is an emerging material for use in quantum technologies, hosting bright and stable single photon emitters (SPEs). The B-center is one promising SPE in hBN, due to the near-deterministic creation methods and…
Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is a wide bandgap van der Waals material that has recently emerged as promising platform for quantum photonics experiments. In this work we study the formation and localization of narrowband quantum emitters in…
Coherent quantum emitters are a central resource for advanced quantum technologies. Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) hosts a range of quantum emitters that can be engineered using techniques such as high-temperature annealing, optical doping,…
Single photon emitters in solid-state crystals have received a lot of attention as building blocks for numerous quantum technology applications. Fluorescent defects in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) stand out due to their high luminosity and…
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,…
Defects in wide band gap crystals have emerged as a promising platform for hosting colour centres that enable quantum photonic applications. Among these, hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), a van der Waals material, stands out for its ability to…
Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is gaining considerable attention as a solid-state host of quantum emitters from the ultraviolet to the near infrared spectral ranges. However, atomic structures of most of the emitters are speculative or…
Colour centres in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) have emerged as intriguing contenders for integrated quantum photonics. In this work, we present detailed photophysical analysis of hBN single emitters emitting at the blue spectral range. The…
B-centres in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) are gaining significant research interest for quantum photonics applications due to precise emitter positioning and highly reproducible emission wavelengths. Here, we leverage the layered nature of…
Quantum emitters in layered hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) have recently attracted a great attention as promising single photon sources. In this work, we demonstrate resonant excitation of a single defect center in hBN, one of the most…
The recent discovery of single-photon emitting defects hosted by the two-dimensional wide band gap semiconductor hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) has inspired a great number of experiments. Key characteristics of these quantum emitters are…
Newly discovered van der Waals materials like MoS$_2$, WSe$_2$, hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN), and recently $\mathrm{C}_2\mathrm{N}$ have sparked intensive research to unveil the quantum behavior associated with their 2D structure. Of…
Applications of quantum science to computing, cryptography and imaging are on their way to becoming key next generation technologies. Owing to the high-speed transmission and exceptional noise properties of photons, quantum photonic…
Controlling and manipulating individual quantum systems in solids underpins the growing interest in development of scalable quantum technologies. Recently, hexagonal boron nitride has garnered significant attention in quantum photonic…
Color centers in solid state crystals have become a frequently used system for single photon generation, advancing the development of integrated photonic devices for quantum optics and quantum communication applications. In particular,…
Single photon emitters in two-dimensional (2D) hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) are promising solid-state quantum emitters for photonic applications and quantum networks. Despite their favorable properties, much is still unknown about their…
Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is an emerging two dimensional material for quantum photonics owing to its large bandgap and hyperbolic properties. Here we report a broad range of multicolor room temperature single photon emissions across the…
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…
Luminescent defect-centers in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) have emerged as a promising 2D-source of single photon emitters (SPEs) due to their high brightness and robust operation at room temperature. The ability to create such emitters…
Solid-state quantum emitters, molecular-sized complexes releasing a single photon at a time, have garnered much attention owing to their use as a key building block in various quantum technologies. Among these, quantum emitters in hexagonal…