Color centers in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) have recently emerged as promising
candidates for a new wave of quantum applications. Thanks to hBN's high stability and two …

Detecting magnetic noise from small quantities of paramagnetic spins is a powerful
capability for chemical, biochemical, and medical analysis. Quantum sensors based on …

We report on electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy of boron-vacancy (VB-) centers
hosted in isotopically engineered hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) crystals. We first show that …

Optically active spin defects in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) are promising quantum
systems for the design of two-dimensional quantum sensing units offering optimal proximity …

Spin defects in van der Waals materials offer a promising platform for advancing quantum
technologies. Here, we propose and demonstrate a powerful technique based on isotope …

Paramagnetic ions and radicals play essential roles in biology and medicine, but detecting
them requires highly sensitive and ambient-operable sensors. Optically addressable spin …

Floquet (periodic) driving has recently emerged as a powerful technique for engineering
quantum systems and realizing nonequilibrium phases of matter. A central challenge to …

Optically addressable spin defects hosted in two-dimensional van der Waals materials
represent a new frontier for quantum technologies, promising to lead to a new class of …

The boron-vacancy spin defect (VB−) in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) has a great potential
as a quantum sensor in a two-dimensional material that can directly probe various external …

Optically active spin defects in wide bandgap semiconductors serve as a local sensor of
multiple degrees of freedom in a variety of “hard” and “soft” condensed matter systems …