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Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is a remarkable two-dimensional (2D) material that hosts solid-state spins and has great potential to be used in quantum information applications, including quantum networks. However, in this application, both…
Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) has emerged as a compelling platform for both classical and quantum technologies. In particular, the past decade has witnessed a surge of novel ideas and developments, which may be overwhelming for newcomers to…
Quantum emitters in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) have recently emerged as promising bright single photon sources. In this letter we investigate in details their optical properties at cryogenic temperatures. In particular, we perform…
A superhard boron nitride phase dubbed as Z-BN is proposed as possible intermediate phase between h-BN and zinc blende BN (c-BN), and investigated using first-principles calculations within the framework of the density functional theory.…
Spin defects in semiconductors are widely investigated for various applications in quantum sensing. Conventional host materials such as diamond and hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) provide bulk or low-dimensional platforms for optically…
Charged defects in 2D materials have emerging applications in quantum technologies such as quantum emitters and quantum computation. Advancement of these technologies requires rational design of ideal defect centers, demanding reliable…
Cubic boron nitride (c-BN) is an ultrawide-bandgap semiconductor of significant interest for high-frequency and high-power electronics applications owing to its high saturation drift velocity and high electric breakdown field. Beyond…
Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) has recently gained attention as a solid state host of quantum emitters. However, hBN emitters reported to date lack the properties needed for their deployment in scalable quantum technologies. Here we employ…
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…
Boron nitride exhibits diverse crystal structures, predominantly a layered arrangement with strong intraplanar covalent bonds and weak interplanar van der Waals bonds. While commonly referred to as hexagonal BN (hBN), the sp$^2$-bonded BN…
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…
The signature of defects in the optical spectra of hexagonal boron nitride (BN) is investigated using many body perturbation theory. A single BN-sheet serves as a model for different layered BN- nanostructures and crystals. In the sheet we…
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…
Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) is a 2D, wide band-gap semiconductor that has recently been shown to display bright room-temperature emission in the visible region, sparking immense interest in the material for use in quantum applications.…
Atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) has emerged as an essential material for the encapsulation layer in van der Waals heterostructures and efficient deep ultra-violet optoelectronics. This is primarily due to…
Cubic boron nitride (cBN) is a wide-bandgap polymorph of boron nitride whose optical response remains only partially understood due to the coexistence of indirect electronic transitions and strong exciton-phonon coupling. Using…
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,…
Defects in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) exhibit single-photon emission (SPE) and are thus attracting broad interest as platforms for quantum information and spintronic applications. However, the atomic structure and the specific impact of…
Boron vacancies in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) are among the most extensively studied optically active spin defects in van der Waals crystals, due to their promising potential to develop two-dimensional (2D) quantum sensors. In this…
Defect color centers in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) have gained significant interest as single-photon emitters and spin qubits for applications in a wide range of quantum technologies. As the integration of these solid-state quantum…