Atomically thin quantum light-emitting diodes
10.1038/ncomms12978
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Nature Communications (297)
Abstract

AbstractTransition metal dichalcogenides are optically active, layered materials promising for fast optoelectronics and on-chip photonics. We demonstrate electrically driven single-photon emission from localized sites in tungsten diselenide and tungsten disulphide. To achieve this, we fabricate a light-emitting diode structure comprising single-layer graphene, thin hexagonal boron nitride and transition metal dichalcogenide mono- and bi-layers. Photon correlation measurements are used to confirm the single-photon nature of the spectrally sharp emission. These results present the transition metal dichalcogenide family as a platform for hybrid, broadband, atomically precise quantum photonics devices.

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Palacios-Berraquero, C., Barbone, M., Kara, D. M., Chen, X., Goykhman, I., Yoon, D., Ott, A. K., Beitner, J., Watanabe, K., Taniguchi, T., Ferrari, A. C., & Atatüre, M. (2016). Atomically thin quantum light-emitting diodes. Nature Communications, 7(1).

Authors 12
  1. Carmen Palacios-Berraquero (first)
  2. Matteo Barbone (additional)
  3. Dhiren M. Kara (additional)
  4. Xiaolong Chen (additional)
  5. Ilya Goykhman (additional)
  6. Duhee Yoon (additional)
  7. Anna K. Ott (additional)
  8. Jan Beitner (additional)
  9. Kenji Watanabe (additional)
  10. Takashi Taniguchi (additional)
  11. Andrea C. Ferrari (additional)
  12. Mete Atatüre (additional)
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@article{Palacios_Berraquero_2016, title={Atomically thin quantum light-emitting diodes}, volume={7}, ISSN={2041-1723}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12978}, DOI={10.1038/ncomms12978}, number={1}, journal={Nature Communications}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Palacios-Berraquero, Carmen and Barbone, Matteo and Kara, Dhiren M. and Chen, Xiaolong and Goykhman, Ilya and Yoon, Duhee and Ott, Anna K. and Beitner, Jan and Watanabe, Kenji and Taniguchi, Takashi and Ferrari, Andrea C. and Atatüre, Mete}, year={2016}, month=sep }