Layered materials are taking centre stage in the ever-increasing research effort to develop
material platforms for quantum technologies. We are at the dawn of the era of layered …

The transformation of digital computers from bulky machines to portable systems has been
enabled by new materials and advanced processing technologies that allow ultrahigh …

Optically addressable spins in wide-bandgap semiconductors are a promising platform for
exploring quantum phenomena. While colour centres in three-dimensional crystals such as …

Single photon emitters (SPEs) in low-dimensional layered materials have recently gained a
large interest owing to the auspicious perspectives of integration and extreme …

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 …

We theoretically study physical properties of the most promising color center candidates for
the recently observed single-photon emissions in hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) …

Two-dimensional hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) that hosts room-temperature single-photon
emitters (SPEs) is promising for quantum information applications. An important step toward …

This report summarizes progress made in understanding properties such as zero-phonon-
line energies, emission and absorption polarizations, electron–phonon couplings, strain …

A plethora of single-photon emitters have been identified in the atomic layers of two-
dimensional van der Waals materials,,,,,,–. Here, we report on a set of isolated optical …

Optically addressable spins associated with defects in wide-bandgap semiconductors are
versatile platforms for quantum information processing and nanoscale sensing, where spin …