Tunable room-temperature single-photon emission at telecom wavelengths from sp3 defects in carbon nanotubes

• Published in: Nature photonics Vol. 11; no. 9; pp. 577 - 582
• Main Authors: He, Xiaowei, Hartmann, Nicolai F., Ma, Xuedan, Kim, Younghee, Ihly, Rachelle, Blackburn, Jeffrey L., Gao, Weilu, Kono, Junichiro, Yomogida, Yohei, Hirano, Atsushi, Tanaka, Takeshi, Kataura, Hiromichi, Htoon, Han, Doorn, Stephen K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.09.2017; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 140/125; 639/624/399/73; 639/925/357/73; Applied and Technical Physics; Aromatic compounds; C band; Carbon; carbon nanotubes; Emissions; Emissions control; Emitters; I.R. radiation; Light sources; Localization; Material Science; MATERIALS SCIENCE; NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; Nanotechnology; Nanotubes; Near infrared radiation; Photon emission; Physics; quantum computing; Quantum Physics; Room temperature; Single wall carbon nanotubes; single-photon; Telecommunications; Temperature effects; Ultrahigh temperature; Wavelengths

Generating quantum light emitters that operate at room temperature and at telecom wavelengths remains a significant materials challenge. To achieve this goal requires light sources that emit in the near-infrared wavelength region and that, ideally, are tunable to allow desired output wavelengths to...