Room-temperature single photon emitters in cubic boron nitride nanocrystals

• Published in: Optical materials express Vol. 10; no. 4; p. 843
• Main Authors: López-Morales, Gabriel I., Almanakly, Aziza, Satapathy, Sitakanta, Proscia, Nicholas V., Jayakumar, Harishankar, Khabashesku, Valery N., Ajayan, Pulickel M., Meriles, Carlos A., Menon, Vinod M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington Optical Society of America 01.04.2020
• Subjects: Color centers; Cubic boron nitride; Decay rate; Defects; Electronic devices; Emitters; Energy gap; Fluorescence; Line spectra; Nanocrystals; Optoelectronic devices; Photoluminescence; Photon emission; Photons; Room temperature; Wide bandgap semiconductors

Color centers in wide bandgap semiconductors are attracting broad attention for use as platforms for quantum technologies relying on room-temperature single-photon emission (SPE), and for nanoscale metrology applications building on the centers’ response to electric and magnetic fields. Here, we dem...