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Tran TT, Bray K, Ford MJ, et al. Quantum emission from hexagonal boron nitride monolayers. Nat Nanotechnol. 2015;11(1):37-41doi: 10.1038/nnano.2015.242.
Tran, T. T., Bray, K., Ford, M. J., Toth, M., & Aharonovich, I. (2016). Quantum emission from hexagonal boron nitride monolayers. Nature nanotechnology, 11(1), 37-41. https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2015.242
Tran, Toan Trong, et al. "Quantum emission from hexagonal boron nitride monolayers." Nature nanotechnology vol. 11,1 (2016): 37-41. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2015.242
Tran TT, Bray K, Ford MJ, Toth M, Aharonovich I. Quantum emission from hexagonal boron nitride monolayers. Nat Nanotechnol. 2016 Jan;11(1):37-41. doi: 10.1038/nnano.2015.242. Epub 2015 Oct 26. PMID: 26501751.
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Nat Nanotechnol. 2016 Jan;11(1):37-41. doi: 10.1038/nnano.2015.242. Epub 2015 Oct 26.

Quantum emission from hexagonal boron nitride monolayers.

Nature nanotechnology

Toan Trong Tran, Kerem Bray, Michael J Ford, Milos Toth, Igor Aharonovich

Affiliations

  1. School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, New South Wales 2007, Australia.

PMID: 26501751 DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2015.242

Abstract

Artificial atomic systems in solids are widely considered the leading physical system for a variety of quantum technologies, including quantum communications, computing and metrology. To date, however, room-temperature quantum emitters have only been observed in wide-bandgap semiconductors such as diamond and silicon carbide, nanocrystal quantum dots, and most recently in carbon nanotubes. Single-photon emission from two-dimensional materials has been reported, but only at cryogenic temperatures. Here, we demonstrate room-temperature, polarized and ultrabright single-photon emission from a colour centre in two-dimensional hexagonal boron nitride. Density functional theory calculations indicate that vacancy-related defects are a probable source of the emission. Our results demonstrate the unprecedented potential of van der Waals crystals for large-scale nanophotonics and quantum information processing.

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