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most citedRoom temperature electroluminescence from isolated colour centres in van der Waals semiconductors

13 citations · 14 across the 8 of their papers we have counts for

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physics.optics2026

Mid-infrared reconfiguration of population flow in lanthanide nanocrystals

Xinyang Yu, Yin Huang, Karin Yamamura +15

Converting mid-infrared (MIR) radiation to visible or near-infrared wavelengths is essential for imaging and sensing, yet achieving sensitive, low-power, and scalable detection rem…

physics.optics2026

Mid-Infrared Modulation of Quantum Emitters in Hexagonal Boron Nitride

Karin Yamamura, Xinyang Yu, Chaohao Chen +3

Single photon emitters (SPEs) are promising building blocks for practical devices in quantum technologies. Traditionally, these systems are excited using off-resonant visible light…

physics.optics2026

Coupling nitrogen vacancy centers in silicon carbide to nanophotonic resonators

Ivan Zhigulin, Konosuke Shimazaki, Samuel M. Stephens +5

Silicon carbide (SiC) is a promising platform for scalable quantum technologies owing to its well-established, wafer-scale industrial processing. SiC also hosts a variety of optica…

physics.optics2025

Electrical Generation of Colour Centres in Hexagonal Boron Nitride

Ivan Zhigulin, Gyuna Park, Karin Yamamura +5

Defects in wide band gap crystals have emerged as a promising platform for hosting colour centres that enable quantum photonic applications. Among these, hexagonal boron nitride (h…

physics.optics2024★ 1 cited

Quantum Efficiency the B-centre in hexagonal boron nitride

Karin Yamamura, Nathan Coste, Helen Zhi Jie Zeng +3

B-centres in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) are gaining significant research interest for quantum photonics applications due to precise emitter positioning and highly reproducible e…

physics.app-ph2024

Electron Beam Restructuring of Quantum Emitters in Hexagonal Boron Nitride

Sergei Nedić, Karin Yamamura, Angus Gale +2

Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) holds promise as a solid state, van der Waals host of single photon emitters for on-chip quantum photonics. The B-centre defect emitting at 436 nm is…

cond-mat.mes-hall2023★ 13 cited

Room temperature electroluminescence from isolated colour centres in van der Waals semiconductors

Gyuna Park, Ivan Zhigulin, Hoyoung Jung +7

Defects in wide bandgap semiconductors have recently emerged as promising candidates for solid-state quantum optical technologies. Electrical excitation of emitters may pave the wa…

physics.optics2023

Photophysics of blue quantum emitters in hexagonal Boron Nitride

Ivan Zhigulin, Karin Yamamura, Viktor Ivády +6

Colour centres in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) have emerged as intriguing contenders for integrated quantum photonics. In this work, we present detailed photophysical analysis of…