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ArticleNature communications2019

Magnetic-field-dependent quantum emission in hexagonal boron nitride at room temperature.

Annemarie L Exarhos, David A Hopper, Raj N Patel, Marcus W Doherty, Lee C Bassett

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Article in Nature communications, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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  5. Dynamic Interplay of Nonlocal Recombination Pathways in Quantum Emitters in Hexagonal Boron Nitride.The journal of physical chemistry. C, Nanomaterials and interfaces · 2025
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  14. Color Centers in Hexagonal Boron Nitride.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  16. Coherent dynamics of multi-spin VNature communications · 2022
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Annemarie L ExarhosQuantum Engineering Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3026-7737
David A HopperQuantum Engineering Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1965-690X
Raj N PatelQuantum Engineering Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1634-1208
Marcus W DohertyLaser Physics Centre, Research School of Physics and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5473-6481
Lee C BassettQuantum Engineering Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA. lbassett@seas.upenn.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8729-1530

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Optically addressable spins associated with defects in wide-bandgap semiconductors are versatile platforms for quantum information processing and nanoscale sensing, where spin-dependent inter-system crossing transitions facilitate optical spin initialization and readout. Recently, the van der Waals material hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) has emerged as a robust host for quantum emitters, promising efficient photon extraction and atom-scale engineering, but observations of spin-related effects have remained thus far elusive. Here, we report room-temperature observations of strongly anisotropic photoluminescence patterns as a function of applied magnetic field for select quantum emitters in h-BN. Field-dependent variations in the steady-state photoluminescence and photon emission statistics are consistent with an electronic model featuring a spin-dependent inter-system crossing between triplet and singlet manifolds, indicating that optically-addressable spin defects are present in h-BN.

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PMCPMC6333818

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