Insights Into the Nature of Quantum Emitters in Electron‐Irradiated Hexagonal Boron Nitride
Mouli Hazra, Anna Rupp, Mohammad N. Mishuk, Josefine Krause, Anand Kumar, Julien Chénedé, Mingi Kang, Bayarjargal N. Tugchin, Marijn Rikers, Isabelle Staude, Thomas Pertsch, Alexander Högele, Tobias Vogl · 2026
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Mouli Hazra and co-authors published a research paper in 2026 on pinning down what really glows in a flake material touted for quantum light sources. Hexagonal boron nitride hosts bright single-photon emitters, but nobody knows exactly which defects cause many lines, and kitchen-level contamination can fake them. The team targeted green-yellow emitters made by electron irradiation.
With spectral imaging, heat treatment, and oxygen plasma etching, they tested the contamination theory step by step. The glow survived treatments that would remove organics, ruling contamination out and revealing the emitters' stability and shallow depth. They even made stable emitters in flakes under ten nanometers thick. The framework should help labs certify genuine quantum defects.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Mouli Hazra, Anna Rupp, Mohammad N. Mishuk, Josefine Krause, Anand Kumar, Julien Chénedé, Mingi Kang, Bayarjargal N. Tugchin, Marijn Rikers, Isabelle Staude, Thomas Pertsch, Alexander Högele, Tobias Vogl |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |