Tunable and high-purity room temperature single-photon emission from atomic defects in hexagonal boron nitride

Inhomogeneous spectral distribution and multi-photon emission are currently hindering the use of defects in layered hBN as reliable single photon emitters. Here, the authors demonstrate strain-controlled wavelength tuning and increased single photon purity through suitable material processing.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gabriele Grosso, Hyowon Moon, Benjamin Lienhard, Sajid Ali, Dmitri K. Efetov, Marco M. Furchi, Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, Michael J. Ford, Igor Aharonovich, Dirk Englund
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00810-2