Solid‐State Single‐Photon Sources: Recent Advances for Novel Quantum Materials

M Esmann, SC Wein… - Advanced Functional …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
In this review, the current landscape of emergent quantum materials for quantum photonic
applications is described. The review focuses on three specific solid‐state platforms: single …

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 …

Organic molecules as origin of visible-range single photon emission from hexagonal boron nitride and mica

M Neumann, X Wei, L Morales-Inostroza, S Song… - ACS …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
The discovery of room-temperature single-photon emitters (SPEs) hosted by two-
dimensional hexagonal boron nitride (2D hBN) has sparked intense research interest …

Polarization dynamics of solid-state quantum emitters

A Kumar, C Samaner, C Cholsuk, T Matthes, S Paçal… - ACS …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Quantum emitters in solid-state crystals have recently attracted a great deal of attention due
to their simple applicability in optical quantum technologies. The polarization of single …

Probing correlation of optical emission and defect sites in hexagonal boron nitride by high-resolution STEM-EELS

S Singla, P Joshi, GI López-Morales, S Sarkar… - Nano Letters, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Optically bright emitters in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) often acting as a source of a single-
photon are mostly attributed to point-defect centers, featuring localized intra-bandgap …

Quantum sensing with optically accessible spin defects in van der Waals layered materials

HH Fang, XJ Wang, X Marie, HB Sun - Light: Science & Applications, 2024‏ - nature.com
Quantum sensing has emerged as a powerful technique to detect and measure physical and
chemical parameters with exceptional precision. One of the methods is to use optically …

Selective generation of luminescent defects in hexagonal boron nitride

G Venturi, S Chiodini, N Melchioni… - Laser & Photonics …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Single photon emitters from atomic defects in crystals like hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) are
vital for quantum technologies. Although various techniques are devised to obtain defects …

From defects to photoluminescence in h-BN 2D and 0D nanostructures

P Innocenzi, L Stagi - Accounts of Materials Research, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Conspectus In the present Account, we report the recent progress of our research group on
experimental and theoretical studies of defects in 2D and 0D hexagonal boron nitride. The …

The hBN defects database: a theoretical compilation of color centers in hexagonal boron nitride

C Cholsuk, A Zand, A Çakan, T Vogl - The Journal of Physical …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Color centers in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) have become an intensively researched
system due to their potential applications in quantum technologies. There has been a large …

[HTML][HTML] The ideal wavelength for daylight free-space quantum key distribution

M Abasifard, C Cholsuk, RG Pousa, A Kumar, A Zand… - APL Quantum, 2024‏ - pubs.aip.org
Quantum key distribution (QKD) has matured in recent years from laboratory proof-of-
principle demonstrations to commercially available systems. One of the major bottlenecks is …