An inverse-designed nanophotonic interface for excitons in atomically thin materials

RJ Gelly, AD White, G Scuri, X Liao, GH Ahn… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Efficient nanophotonic devices are essential for applications in quantum networking, optical
information processing, sensing, and nonlinear optics. Extensive research efforts have …

Functionalizing nanophotonic structures with 2D van der Waals materials

Y Meng, H Zhong, Z Xu, T He, JS Kim, S Han… - Nanoscale …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The integration of two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals materials with nanostructures has
triggered a wide spectrum of optical and optoelectronic applications. Photonic structures of …

[HTML][HTML] Non-linear excitation of quantum emitters in hexagonal boron nitride multiplayers

AW Schell, TT Tran, H Takashima, S Takeuchi… - Apl Photonics, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Two-photon absorption is an important non-linear process employed for high resolution bio-
imaging and non-linear optics. In this work, we realize two-photon excitation of a quantum …

WSe2 Light-Emitting Device Coupled to an h-BN Waveguide

R Khelifa, S Shan, AJ Moilanen, T Taniguchi… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Optical information processing using photonic integrated circuits is a key goal in the field of
nanophotonics. Extensive research efforts have led to remarkable progress in integrating …

Cavity-enhanced 2D material quantum emitters deterministically integrated with silicon nitride microresonators

K Parto, SI Azzam, N Lewis, SD Patel, S Umezawa… - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Optically active defects in 2D materials, such as hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) and
transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), are an attractive class of single-photon emitters …

Deterministic fabrication of a coupled cavity–emitter system in hexagonal boron nitride

M Nonahal, J Horder, A Gale, L Ding, C Li… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Light–matter interactions in optical cavities underpin many applications of integrated
quantum photonics. Among various solid-state platforms, hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is …

Quantum emitters in 2D materials: Emitter engineering, photophysics, and integration in photonic nanostructures

M Kianinia, ZQ Xu, M Toth, I Aharonovich - Applied Physics Reviews, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Quantum emitters have become a vital tool for both fundamental science and emerging
technologies. In recent years, the focus in the field has shifted to exploration and …

Engineering quantum nanophotonic components from hexagonal boron nitride

M Nonahal, C Li, H Ren, L Spencer… - Laser & Photonics …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Integrated quantum photonics (IQP) provides a path to practical, scalable quantum
computation, communications and information processing. Realization of an IQP platform …

Single photon sources in atomically thin materials

M Toth, I Aharonovich - Annual review of physical chemistry, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Layered materials are very attractive for studies of light–matter interactions at the nanoscale.
In particular, isolated quantum systems such as color centers and quantum dots embedded …

Integration of hBN quantum emitters in monolithically fabricated waveguides

C Li, JE Froch, M Nonahal, TN Tran, M Toth… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is gaining interest for potential applications in integrated
quantum nanophotonics. Yet, to establish hBN as an integrated photonic platform several …