Single-molecule technology stands as a powerful tool, enabling the characterization of
intricate structural and dynamic information that would otherwise remain concealed within …

Quantum sensing using optically addressable atomic-scale defects, such as the nitrogen-
vacancy (NV) center in diamond, provides new opportunities for sensitive and highly …

Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is an emerging two-dimensional material for quantum
photonics owing to its large bandgap and hyperbolic properties. Here we report two …

Coherent interfaces between optical photons and long-lived matter qubits form a key
resource for a broad range of quantum technologies. Cavity quantum electrodynamics …

The past two decades have seen great advances in develo** color centers in diamond for
sensing, quantum information processing, and tests of quantum foundations. Increasingly …

Single photon quantum emitters are important building blocks of optical quantum
technologies. Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), an atomically thin wide band gap two …

Formation and excitation energies as well charge transition levels are determined for the
substitutional nitrogen (N s), the vacancy (V), and related point defects (NV, NVH, N 2, N 2 V …

The negatively charged silicon-vacancy (SiV−) center in diamond is a bright source of
indistinguishable single photons and a useful resource in quantum-information protocols …

We report the observation of stable optical transitions in nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers
created by ion implantation. Using a combination of high temperature annealing and …

Some of the stable isotopes of silicon and carbon have zero nuclear spin, whereas many of
the other elements that constitute semiconductors consist entirely of stable isotopes that …