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ArticleNature communications2025

Single V2 defect in 4H silicon carbide Schottky diode at low temperature.

Timo Steidl, Pierre Kuna, Erik Hesselmeier-Hüttmann, Di Liu, Rainer Stöhr, Wolfgang Knolle, Misagh Ghezellou, Jawad Ul-Hassan, Maximilian Schober, Michel Bockstedte and 4 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Timo Steidl *3rd Institute of Physics, IQST, and Research Center SCoPE, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.
Pierre Kuna *3rd Institute of Physics, IQST, and Research Center SCoPE, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-8206-8514
Erik Hesselmeier-Hüttmann3rd Institute of Physics, IQST, and Research Center SCoPE, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.
Di Liu3rd Institute of Physics, IQST, and Research Center SCoPE, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5117-8779
Rainer Stöhr3rd Institute of Physics, IQST, and Research Center SCoPE, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.
Wolfgang KnolleDepartment of Sensoric Surfaces and Functional Interfaces, Leibniz-Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM), Leipzig, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4455-6898
Misagh GhezellouDepartment of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1969-3324
Jawad Ul-HassanDepartment of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9537-2226
Maximilian SchoberInstitute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9788-3302
Michel BockstedteInstitute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5720-4010
Guodong BianHUN-REN Wigner Research Centre, Budapest, Hungary.
Adam GaliHUN-REN Wigner Research Centre, Budapest, Hungary.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3339-5470
Vadim Vorobyov3rd Institute of Physics, IQST, and Research Center SCoPE, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany. v.vorobyov@pi3.uni-stuttgart.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6784-4932
Jörg Wrachtrup3rd Institute of Physics, IQST, and Research Center SCoPE, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.

Funding

Austrian Science Fund (Fonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung) I5195Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) 13N16219Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) 16KISQ013Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) GRK2642Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) QuCoLiMaDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) TRR 306, 429529648European Commission (EC) 731473Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse (Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation) KAW 2018.0071Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council) 2020-05444
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nanoelectrical and photonic integration of quantum optical components is crucial for scalable solid-state quantum technologies. Silicon carbide stands out as a material with mature quantum defects and a wide variety of applications in semiconductor industry. Here, we study the behaviour of single silicon vacancy (V2) colour centres in a metal-semiconductor (Au/Ti/4H-SiC) epitaxial wafer device, operating in a Schottky diode configuration. We explore the depletion of free carriers in the vicinity of the defect, as well as electrical tuning of the defect optical transition lines. By detecting single charge traps, we investigate their impact on V2 optical line width. Additionally, we investigate the charge-photon-dynamics of the V2 centre and find its dominating photon-ionisation processes characteristic rate and wavelength dependence. Finally, we probe the spin coherence properties of the V2 system in the junction and demonstrate several key protocols for quantum network applications. Our work shows the first demonstration of low temperature integration of a Schottky device with optical microstructures for quantum applications and paves the way towards fundamentally scalable and reproducible optical spin defect centres in solids.

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