Quantum photonics with layered 2D materials

M Turunen, M Brotons-Gisbert, Y Dai, Y Wang… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Solid-state quantum devices use quantum entanglement for various quantum technologies,
such as quantum computation, encryption, communication and sensing. Solid-state …

Optical modification of 2D materials: Methods and applications

STM Akkanen, HA Fernandez, Z Sun - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 2D materials are under extensive research due to their remarkable properties
suitable for various optoelectronic, photonic, and biological applications, yet their …

Imaging strain-localized excitons in nanoscale bubbles of monolayer WSe2 at room temperature

TP Darlington, C Carmesin, M Florian, E Yanev… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
In monolayer transition-metal dichalcogenides, localized strain can be used to design
nanoarrays of single photon sources. Despite strong empirical correlation, the nanoscale …

Strain-tuning of the electronic, optical, and vibrational properties of two-dimensional crystals

E Blundo, E Cappelluti, M Felici, G Pettinari… - Applied Physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The variegated family of two-dimensional (2D) crystals has developed rapidly since the
isolation of its forerunner: Graphene. Their planeconfined nature is typically associated with …

Deterministic coupling of site-controlled quantum emitters in monolayer WSe2 to plasmonic nanocavities

Y Luo, GD Shepard, JV Ardelean, DA Rhodes… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Solid-state single-quantum emitters are crucial resources for on-chip photonic quantum
technologies and require efficient cavity–emitter coupling to realize quantum networks …

Deterministic strain-induced arrays of quantum emitters in a two-dimensional semiconductor

A Branny, S Kumar, R Proux, BD Gerardot - Nature communications, 2017 - nature.com
An outstanding challenge in quantum photonics is scalability, which requires positioning of
single quantum emitters in a deterministic fashion. Site positioning progress has been made …

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 …

Site-controlled telecom-wavelength single-photon emitters in atomically-thin MoTe2

H Zhao, MT Pettes, Y Zheng, H Htoon - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Quantum emitters (QEs) in two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (2D TMDCs)
have advanced to the forefront of quantum communication and transduction research. To …

Strained bubbles in van der Waals heterostructures as local emitters of photoluminescence with adjustable wavelength

AV Tyurnina, DA Bandurin, E Khestanova… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The possibility to tailor photoluminescence (PL) of monolayer transition metal
dichalcogenides (TMDCs) using external factors such as strain, doping, and external …

Exciton–photonics: from fundamental science to applications

SB Anantharaman, K Jo, D Jariwala - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Semiconductors in all dimensionalities ranging from 0D quantum dots and molecules to 3D
bulk crystals support bound electron–hole pair quasiparticles termed excitons. Over the past …