Loh Leyi, Ho Yi Wei, Xuan Fengyuan, Del Águila Andrés Granados, Chen Yuan, Wong See Yoong, Zhang Jingda, Wang Zhe, Watanabe Kenji, Taniguchi Takashi, Pigram Paul J, Bosman Michel, Quek Su Ying, Koperski Maciej, Eda Goki
Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Nat Commun. 2024 Nov 20;15(1):10035. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-54360-5.
Point defects in crystalline solids behave as optically addressable individual quantum systems when present in sufficiently low concentrations. In two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors, such quantum defects hold potential as versatile single photon sources. Here, we report the synthesis and optical properties of Nb-doped monolayer WS in the dilute limit where the average spacing between individual dopants exceeds the optical diffraction limit, allowing the emission spectrum to be studied at the single-dopant level. We show that these individual dopants exhibit common features of quantum emitters, including narrow emission lines (with linewidths <1 meV), strong spatial confinement, and photon antibunching. These emitters consistently occur within a narrow spectral range across multiple samples, distinct from common quantum emitters in van der Waals (vdW) materials that show large ensemble broadening. Analysis of the Zeeman splitting reveals that they can be attributed to bound exciton complexes comprising dark excitons and negatively charged Nb.
当晶体固体中的点缺陷以足够低的浓度存在时,它们表现为可光学寻址的单个量子系统。在二维(2D)半导体中,这种量子缺陷有望成为通用的单光子源。在这里,我们报告了在稀释极限下Nb掺杂单层WS₂的合成及其光学性质,此时单个掺杂剂之间的平均间距超过了光学衍射极限,从而能够在单掺杂剂水平上研究发射光谱。我们表明,这些单个掺杂剂表现出量子发射体的共同特征,包括窄发射线(线宽<1 meV)、强空间限制和光子反聚束。这些发射体在多个样品中始终出现在一个狭窄的光谱范围内,这与范德华(vdW)材料中常见的量子发射体不同,后者表现出较大的整体展宽。对塞曼分裂的分析表明,它们可归因于由暗激子和带负电的Nb组成的束缚激子复合体。