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 …

Quantum Optics Applications of Hexagonal Boron Nitride Defects

A Çakan, C Cholsuk, A Gale, M Kianinia… - Advanced Optical …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Systematic characterization of nanoscale -BN quantum sensor spots created by helium-ion microscopy

H Gu, M Tsukamoto, Y Nakamura, S Nakaharai… - Physical Review …, 2024 - APS
The nanosized boron vacancy (VB−) defect spot in hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) is
promising for a local magnetic field quantum sensor. One of its advantages is that a helium …

I2DM: A Monte Carlo framework for ion irradiation on two-dimensional materials

T Li, W Gao, G Zhi, S Zhai, J Xu, L Zhang, W Hu… - Computer Physics …, 2025 - Elsevier
Recent years have witnessed a surge of research on the structure, property and
performance engineering of two-dimensional (2D) materials by ion irradiation. Compared to …

Deterministic generation and nanophotonic integration of 2D quantum emitters for advanced quantum photonic functionalities

JP So - Nanophotonics, 2025 - degruyter.com
Quantum emitters (QEs) are essential building blocks for quantum applications, such as
quantum communication, quantum computing and metrology. Two-dimensional (2D) …

Quantifying the generation of negatively charged boron vacancies in He-ion irradiated hexagonal boron nitride

A Carbone, ID Breev, J Figueiredo… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2025 - arxiv.org
Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) hosts luminescent defects possessing spin qualities
compatible with quantum sensing protocols at room temperature. Vacancies, in particular …

Quantum Emitters in Rhombohedral Boron Nitride

A Gale, M Kianinia, J Horder, C Tweedie… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2025 - arxiv.org
Rhombohedral boron nitride (rBN) is an emerging wide-bandgap van der Waals (vdW)
material that combines strong second-order nonlinear optical properties with the structural …