Effects of High-Energy Electron Irradiation on Quantum Emitters in Hexagonal Boron Nitride

Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) mono and multilayers are promising hosts for room-temperature single photon emitters (SPEs). In this work we explore high-energy (∼MeV) electron irradiation as a means to generate stable SPEs in hBN. We investigate four types of exfoliated hBN flakesnamely, high-purity...

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Veröffentlicht in:ACS applied materials & interfaces 2018-07, Vol.10 (29), p.24886-24891
Hauptverfasser: Ngoc My Duong, Hanh, Nguyen, Minh Anh Phan, Kianinia, Mehran, Ohshima, Takeshi, Abe, Hiroshi, Watanabe, Kenji, Taniguchi, Takashi, Edgar, James H, Aharonovich, Igor, Toth, Milos
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Zusammenfassung:Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) mono and multilayers are promising hosts for room-temperature single photon emitters (SPEs). In this work we explore high-energy (∼MeV) electron irradiation as a means to generate stable SPEs in hBN. We investigate four types of exfoliated hBN flakesnamely, high-purity multilayers, isotopically pure hBN, carbon-rich hBN multilayers and monolayered materialand find that electron irradiation increases emitter concentrations dramatically in all samples. Furthermore, the engineered emitters are located throughout hBN flakes (not only at flake edges or grain boundaries) and do not require activation by high-temperature annealing of the host material after electron exposure. Our results provide important insights into controlled formation of hBN SPEs and may aid in identification of their crystallographic origin.
ISSN:1944-8244
1944-8252
DOI:10.1021/acsami.8b07506