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Room-temperature high-purity single-photon emission from carbon-doped boron nitride thin films.

Arka Chatterjee, Abhijit Biswas, Addis S Fuhr, Tanguy Terlier, Bobby G Sumpter, Pulickel M Ajayan, Igor Aharonovich, Shengxi Huang

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Arka ChatterjeeDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9574-267X
Abhijit BiswasDepartment of Materials Science and Nanoengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3729-4802
Addis S FuhrCenter for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8819-8255
Tanguy TerlierSIMS laboratory, Shared Equipment Authority, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4092-0771
Bobby G SumpterCenter for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6341-0355
Pulickel M AjayanDepartment of Materials Science and Nanoengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA.
Igor AharonovichSchool of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, New South Wales 2007, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4304-3935
Shengxi HuangDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3618-9074

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Abstract

Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) has emerged as a promising platform for generating room temperature single photons exhibiting high brightness and spin-photon entanglement. However, improving emitter purity, stability, and scalability remains a challenge for quantum technologies. Here, we demonstrate highly pure and stable single-photon emitters (SPEs) in h-BN by directly growing carbon-doped, centimeter-scale h-BN thin films using the pulsed laser deposition (PLD) method. These SPEs exhibit room temperature operation with polarized emission, achieving a

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