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Optically active quantum dots in monolayer WSe2

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Srivastava, Ajit, Sidler, Meinrad, Allain, Adrien V., Lembke, Dominik S., Kis, Andras, Imamoğlu, A.·2015·Nature Nanotechnology

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Semiconductor quantum dots have emerged as promising candidates for the implementation of quantum information processing, because they allow for a quantum interface between stationary spin qubits and propagating single photons. In the meantime, transition-metal dichalcogenide monolayers have moved to the forefront of solid-state research due to their unique band structure featuring a large bandgap with degenerate valleys and non-zero Berry curvature. Here, we report the observation of zero-dimensional anharmonic quantum emitters, which we refer to as quantum dots, in monolayer tungsten diselenide, with an energy that is 20-100 meV lower than that of two-dimensional excitons. Photon antibunching in second-order photon correlations unequivocally demonstrates the zero-dimensional anharmonic nature of these quantum emitters. The strong anisotropic magnetic response of the spatially localized emission peaks strongly indicates that radiative recombination stems from localized excitons that inherit their electronic properties from the host transition-metal dichalcogenide. The large ∼1 meV zero-field splitting shows that the quantum dots have singlet ground states and an anisotropic confinement that is most probably induced by impurities or defects. The possibility of achieving electrical control in van der Waals heterostructures and to exploit the spin-valley degree of freedom renders transition-metal-dichalcogenide quantum dots interesting for quantum information processing.

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Authors
Srivastava, A., Sidler, M., Allain, A. V., Lembke, D. S., Kis, A., & Imamoğlu, A.
Venue
Nature Nanotechnology
Published
2015-05-04
Volume
10
Issue
6
Pages
491-496
ISSN
  • 1748-3387 (ISSN-L)
  • 1748-3395
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W2058515052
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871
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35
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33.17
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journal article
Language
en
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Srivastava, A., Sidler, M., Allain, A. V., Lembke, D. S., Kis, A., & Imamoğlu, A. (2015). Optically active quantum dots in monolayer WSe2. Nature Nanotechnology. https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2015.60

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