Layered materials as a platform for quantum technologies

ARP Montblanch, M Barbone, I Aharonovich… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Layered materials are taking centre stage in the ever-increasing research effort to develop
material platforms for quantum technologies. We are at the dawn of the era of layered …

Twisted van der Waals quantum materials: fundamentals, tunability, and applications

X Sun, M Suriyage, AR Khan, M Gao, J Zhao… - Chemical …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Twisted van der Waals (vdW) quantum materials have emerged as a rapidly develo** field
of two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors. These materials establish a new central research …

Coherent dynamics of strongly interacting electronic spin defects in hexagonal boron nitride

R Gong, G He, X Gao, P Ju, Z Liu, B Ye… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Optically active spin defects in van der Waals materials are promising platforms for modern
quantum technologies. Here we investigate the coherent dynamics of strongly interacting …

Carbon-related quantum emitter in hexagonal boron nitride with homogeneous energy and 3-fold polarization

D Zhong, S Gao, M Saccone, JR Greer, M Bernardi… - Nano Letters, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Most hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) single-photon emitters (SPEs) studied to date suffer
from variable emission energy and unpredictable polarization, two crucial obstacles to their …

Spin-active defects in hexagonal boron nitride

W Liu, NJ Guo, S Yu, Y Meng, ZP Li… - Materials for …, 2022‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Quantum technology grown out of quantum information theory, including quantum
communication, quantum computation and quantum sensing, not only provides powerful …

Localization-enhanced moiré exciton in twisted transition metal dichalcogenide heterotrilayer superlattices

H Zheng, B Wu, S Li, J Ding, J He, Z Liu… - Light: Science & …, 2023‏ - nature.com
The stacking of twisted two-dimensional (2D) layered materials has led to the creation of
moiré superlattices, which have become a new platform for the study of quantum optics. The …

Quantum emitters in hexagonal boron nitride

I Aharonovich, JP Tetienne, M Toth - Nano Letters, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) has emerged as a fascinating platform to explore quantum
emitters and their applications. Beyond being a wide-bandgap material, it is also a van der …

Stark effect of blue quantum emitters in hexagonal boron nitride

I Zhigulin, J Horder, V Ivády, SJU White, A Gale, C Li… - Physical Review …, 2023‏ - APS
Inhomogeneous broadening is a major limitation for the application of quantum emitters in
hexagonal boron nitride to integrated quantum photonics. Here we demonstrate that so …

Lifetime-limited and tunable quantum light emission in h-BN via electric field modulation

H Akbari, S Biswas, PK Jha, J Wong, B Vest… - Nano Letters, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Color-center-based single-photon emitters in hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) have shown
promising photophysical properties as sources for quantum light emission. Despite …

The case for a defect genome initiative

Q Yan, S Kar, S Chowdhury, A Bansil - Advanced Materials, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) has streamlined the materials discovery effort
by leveraging generic traits of materials, with focus largely on perfect solids. Defects such as …