Single photon emitters originating from donor–acceptor pairs

Xin Lu

doi:10.1088/1674-4926/44/1/010401

J. Semicond. > 2023, Volume 44 > Issue 1 > 010401, doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/44/1/010401

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Single photon emitters originating from donor–acceptor pairs

Xin Lu

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Corresponding author: Xin Lu, xlu5@tulane.edu

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Fig. 1. (Color online) (a) A PL spectrum taken at 4 K (solid line) with the calculated spectral distribution of type 1 DAPs shown in colored solid lines. (b) Calculated emission energies as a function of R_m, the distance between donors and acceptors. (c) Coincidence of measured emission energies. Figures are adapted from Ref. [11] with permission.

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[1]	Novoselov K S, Geim A K, Morozov S V, et al. Electric field effect in atomically thin carbon films. Science, 2004, 306, 666 doi: 10.1126/science.1102896
[2]	Toth M, Aharonovich I. Single photon sources in atomically thin materials. Annu Rev Phys Chem, 2019, 70, 123 doi: 10.1146/annurev-physchem-042018-052628
[3]	Liu X L, Hersam M C. 2D materials for quantum information science. Nat Rev Mater, 2019, 4, 669 doi: 10.1038/s41578-019-0136-x
[4]	Turunen M, Brotons-Gisbert M, Dai Y Y, et al. Quantum photonics with layered 2D materials. Nat Rev Phys, 2022, 4, 219 doi: 10.1038/s42254-021-00408-0
[5]	Atatüre M, Englund D, Vamivakas N, et al. Material platforms for spin-based photonic quantum technologies. Nat Rev Mater, 2018, 3, 38 doi: 10.1038/s41578-018-0008-9
[6]	Tawfik S A, Ali S, Fronzi M, et al. First-principles investigation of quantum emission from hBN defects. Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 13575 doi: 10.1039/C7NR04270A
[7]	Palacios-Berraquero C, Kara D M, Montblanch A R P, et al. Large-scale quantum-emitter arrays in atomically thin semiconductors. Nat Commun, 2017, 8, 15093 doi: 10.1038/ncomms15093
[8]	Branny A, Kumar S, Proux R, et al. Deterministic strain-induced arrays of quantum emitters in a two-dimensional semiconductor. Nat Commun, 2017, 8, 15053 doi: 10.1038/ncomms15053
[9]	Xu X H, Martin Z O, Sychev D, et al. Creating quantum emitters in hexagonal boron nitride deterministically on chip-compatible substrates. Nano Lett, 2021, 21, 8182 doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c02640
[10]	Hayee F, Yu L, Zhang J L, et al. Revealing multiple classes of stable quantum emitters in hexagonal boron nitride with correlated optical and electron microscopy. Nat Mater, 2020, 19, 534 doi: 10.1038/s41563-020-0616-9
[11]	Tan Q H, Lai J M, Liu X L, et al. Donor-acceptor pair quantum emitters in hexagonal boron nitride. Nano Lett, 2022, 22, 1331 doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c04647
[12]	Auburger P, Gali A. Towards ab initio identification of paramagnetic substitutional carbon defects in hexagonal boron nitride acting as quantum bits. Phys Rev B, 2021, 104, 075410 doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.104.075410