Localized emission from laser-irradiated defects in 2D hexagonal boron nitride

Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) has emerged as a promising two-dimensional (2D) material for photonics device due to its large bandgap and flexibility in nanophotonic circuits. Here, we report bright and localized luminescent centres can be engineered in hBN monolayers and flakes using laser irradiati...

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Main Authors: Hou, Songyan, Muhammad Danang Birowosuto, Umar, Saleem, Anicet, Maurice Ange, Tay, Roland Yingjie, Coquet, Philippe, Tay, Beng Kang, Wang, Hong, Teo, Edwin Hang Tong
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1405962020-06-01T10:43:37Z Localized emission from laser-irradiated defects in 2D hexagonal boron nitride Hou, Songyan Muhammad Danang Birowosuto Umar, Saleem Anicet, Maurice Ange Tay, Roland Yingjie Coquet, Philippe Tay, Beng Kang Wang, Hong Teo, Edwin Hang Tong School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering School of Materials Science & Engineering CNRS International NTU THALES Research Alliance Research Techno Plaza Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering 2D Materials Hexagonal Boron Nitride Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) has emerged as a promising two-dimensional (2D) material for photonics device due to its large bandgap and flexibility in nanophotonic circuits. Here, we report bright and localized luminescent centres can be engineered in hBN monolayers and flakes using laser irradiation. The transition from hBN to cBN emerges in laser irradiated hBN large monolayers while is absent in processed hBN flakes. Remarkably, the colour centres in hBN flakes exhibit room temperature cleaner single photon emissions with g 2(0) ranging from 0.20 to 0.42, a narrower line width of 1.4 nm and higher brightness compared with monolayers. Our results pave the way to engineering deterministic defects in hBN induced by laser pulse and show great prospect for application of defects in hBN used as nano-size light source in photonics. NRF (Natl Research Foundation, S’pore) MOE (Min. of Education, S’pore) 2020-06-01T01:02:37Z 2020-06-01T01:02:37Z 2017 Journal Article Hou, S., Muhammad Danang Birowosuto, Umar, S., Anicet, M. A., Tay, R. Y., Coquet, P., . . . Teo, E. H. T. (2018). Localized emission from laser-irradiated defects in 2D hexagonal boron nitride. 2D Materials, 5(1), 015010-. doi:10.1088/2053-1583/aa8e61 2053-1583 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/140596 10.1088/2053-1583/aa8e61 2-s2.0-85040101494 1 5 en 2D Materials © 2017 IOP Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.
institution Nanyang Technological University
building NTU Library
country Singapore
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language English
topic Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering
2D Materials
Hexagonal Boron Nitride
spellingShingle Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering
2D Materials
Hexagonal Boron Nitride
Hou, Songyan
Muhammad Danang Birowosuto
Umar, Saleem
Anicet, Maurice Ange
Tay, Roland Yingjie
Coquet, Philippe
Tay, Beng Kang
Wang, Hong
Teo, Edwin Hang Tong
Localized emission from laser-irradiated defects in 2D hexagonal boron nitride
description Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) has emerged as a promising two-dimensional (2D) material for photonics device due to its large bandgap and flexibility in nanophotonic circuits. Here, we report bright and localized luminescent centres can be engineered in hBN monolayers and flakes using laser irradiation. The transition from hBN to cBN emerges in laser irradiated hBN large monolayers while is absent in processed hBN flakes. Remarkably, the colour centres in hBN flakes exhibit room temperature cleaner single photon emissions with g 2(0) ranging from 0.20 to 0.42, a narrower line width of 1.4 nm and higher brightness compared with monolayers. Our results pave the way to engineering deterministic defects in hBN induced by laser pulse and show great prospect for application of defects in hBN used as nano-size light source in photonics.
author2 School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
author_facet School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Hou, Songyan
Muhammad Danang Birowosuto
Umar, Saleem
Anicet, Maurice Ange
Tay, Roland Yingjie
Coquet, Philippe
Tay, Beng Kang
Wang, Hong
Teo, Edwin Hang Tong
format Article
author Hou, Songyan
Muhammad Danang Birowosuto
Umar, Saleem
Anicet, Maurice Ange
Tay, Roland Yingjie
Coquet, Philippe
Tay, Beng Kang
Wang, Hong
Teo, Edwin Hang Tong
author_sort Hou, Songyan
title Localized emission from laser-irradiated defects in 2D hexagonal boron nitride
title_short Localized emission from laser-irradiated defects in 2D hexagonal boron nitride
title_full Localized emission from laser-irradiated defects in 2D hexagonal boron nitride
title_fullStr Localized emission from laser-irradiated defects in 2D hexagonal boron nitride
title_full_unstemmed Localized emission from laser-irradiated defects in 2D hexagonal boron nitride
title_sort localized emission from laser-irradiated defects in 2d hexagonal boron nitride
publishDate 2020
url https://hdl.handle.net/10356/140596
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