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 …

Solid-state quantum devices use quantum entanglement for various quantum technologies,
such as quantum computation, encryption, communication and sensing. Solid-state …

For more than seven decades, hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) has been employed as an
inert, thermally stable engineering ceramic; since 2010, it has also been used as the optimal …

Single-photon emitters (SPEs) in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) have garnered increasing
attention over the last few years due to their superior optical properties. However, despite …

Moving from two-dimensional hexagonal boron nitride (2D h-BN) flatlands towards their
quantum sized zero-dimensional (0D) islands, as the newest member of the h-BN family …

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

Monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) have recently been proposed as an
excitonic platform for advanced optical and electronic functionalities,–. However, in spite of …

High quality (Q) factor optical resonators are indispensable for many photonic devices.
While very large Q-factors can be obtained theoretically in guided-mode settings, free-space …

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 …

Two-dimensional hexagonal boron nitride offers intriguing opportunities for advanced
studies of light–matter interaction at the nanoscale, specifically for realizations in quantum …