Single-photon emission and quantum characterization of zinc oxide defects
Anthony J Morfa1, Brant C Gibson, Matthias Karg
1Bio21 Institute and School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia. amorfa@unimelb.edu.au
Abstract:
Room temperature single-photon emission and quantum characterization is reported for isolated defects in zinc oxide. The defects are observed in thin films of both in-house synthesized and commercial zinc oxide nanoparticles. Emission spectra in the red and infrared, second-order photon correlation functions, lifetime measurements, and photon count rates are presented. Both two- and three-state emitters are identified. Sub-band gap absorption and red emission suggest these defects are the zinc vacancy. These results identify a new source of single photons in a readily available wide band gap semiconductor material which has exceptional electrical, optical, and biocompatibility properties.
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