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NATURE MATERIALS
卷 19, 期 5, 页码 534-+出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-020-0616-9
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- DOE 'Photonics at Thermodynamic Limits' Energy Frontier Research Center [DE-SC0019140]
- Diversifying Academia, Recruiting Excellence (DARE) Doctoral Fellowship Program by Stanford University
- NSF Quantum Leap EAGER grant [DMR 1838380]
- Betty and Gordon Moore Foundation EPiQS Initiative [GBMF4545]
Defects in hexagonal boron nitride exhibit room-temperature quantum emission, but their unknown structural origin challenges their technological utility. A combination of optical and electron microscopy helps to distinguish at least four classes of defects and correlate them with local strain. Defects in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) exhibit high-brightness, room-temperature quantum emission, but their large spectral variability and unknown local structure challenge their technological utility. Here, we directly correlate hBN quantum emission with local strain using a combination of photoluminescence (PL), cathodoluminescence (CL) and nanobeam electron diffraction. Across 40 emitters, we observe zero phonon lines (ZPLs) in PL and CL ranging from 540 to 720 nm. CL mapping reveals that multiple defects and distinct defect species located within an optically diffraction-limited region can each contribute to the observed PL spectra. Local strain maps indicate that strain is not required to activate the emitters and is not solely responsible for the observed ZPL spectral range. Instead, at least four distinct defect classes are responsible for the observed emission range, and all four classes are stable upon both optical and electron illumination. Our results provide a foundation for future atomic-scale optical characterization of colour centres.
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