Nature Communications (May 2017)

Deterministic strain-induced arrays of quantum emitters in a two-dimensional semiconductor

  • Artur Branny,
  • Santosh Kumar,
  • Raphaël Proux,
  • Brian D Gerardot

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15053
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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The emergence of quantum emitters in 2D materials has led to the quest for methods and designs enabling their controllable spatial positioning. Here, the authors use strain engineering to fabricate a deterministic array of quantum emitters in WSe2with nanometre positioning accuracy.