Optical Properties and Spin States of Inter-layer Carbon Defect Pairs in Hexagonal Boron Nitride: A First-Principles Study

Ignacio Chacon, Andrea Echeverri, Carlos Cardenas +1

Substitutional carbon defects in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) are prominent single photon emitters (SPEs), and their potential for spin activity ($S\ge 1$) is particularly intrigu…