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Temperature Dependence of Wavelength Selectable Zero-Phonon Emission from Single Defects in Hexagonal Boron Nitride

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Jungwirth, Nicholas R.
Calderon, Brian
Ji, Yanxin
Spencer, Michael G.
Flatté, Michael E.
Fuchs, Gregory D.
Abstract

We investigate the distribution and temperature-dependent optical properties of sharp, zero-phonon emission from defect-based single photon sources in multilayer hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) flakes. We observe sharp emission lines from optically active defects distributed across an energy range that exceeds 500 meV. Spectrally-resolved photon-correlation measurements verify single photon emission, even when multiple emission lines are simultaneously excited within the same h-BN flake. We also present a detailed study of the temperature-dependent linewidth, spectral energy shift, and intensity for two different zero-phonon lines centered at 575 nm and 682 nm, which reveals a nearly identical temperature dependence despite a large difference in transition energy. Our temperature-dependent results are well described by a lattice vibration model that considers piezoelectric coupling to in-plane phonons. Finally, polarization spectroscopy measurements suggest that whereas the 575 nm emission line is directly excited by 532 nm excitation, the 682 nm line is excited indirectly.

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This work was supported by the National Science Foundation (DMR-1254530). We acknowledge use of the Cornell NanoScale Facility, a member of the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI), which is supported by the National Science Foundation (Grant ECCS-15420819). Additionally, we acknowledge the Cornell Center for Materials Research Shared Facilities, which are supported through the NSF MRSEC program (DMR-1120296). M. E. F. acknowledges support from an AFOSR MURI.
Date Issued
2016-08-31
Publisher
Nano Letters
Keywords
Single-photon source
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point defect
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hexagonal boron nitride
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zero-phonon line
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line width
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2D material
Related DOI
10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b01987
Related Publication(s)
Jungwirth, N. R.; Calderon, B.; Ji, Y.; Spencer, M.G.; Flatté, M.E.; Fuchs, G.D. Temperature Dependence of Wavelength Selectable Zero-Phonon Emission from Single Defects in Hexagonal Boron Nitride. Nano Lett. 2016, 16, 6052–6057.
Link(s) to Related Publication(s)
http://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b01987
ISSN
1530-6984, 1530-6992
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Attribution 4.0 International
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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