Robust multicolor single photon emission from point defects in hexagonal boron nitride

We demonstrates engineering of quantum emitters in hBN multi-layers using either electron beam irradiation or annealing. The defects exhibit a broad range of multicolor room-temperature single photon emissions across the visible and the near-infrared ranges.

• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

• Publication date

  2016-03-31

• Fields of study

  Materials Science, Physics, Medicine, Engineering

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  DOI 10.1021/acsnano.6b03602arXiv 1603.09608PMID 27399936
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