Ferroelectric Modulation of Quantum Emitters in Monolayer WS₂

Quantum photonics promises significant advances in secure communications, metrology, sensing, and information processing/computation. Single-photon sources are fundamental to this endeavor. However, the lack of high-quality single photon sources remains a significant obstacle. We present here a paradigm for the control of single photon emitters (SPEs) and single photon purity by integrating monolayer WS₂ with the organic ferroelectric polymer poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-trifluoroethylene) (P(VDF-TrFE)). We demonstrate that the ferroelectric domains in the P(VDF-TrFE) film control the purity of single photon emission from the adjacent WS₂. By switching the ferroelectric polarization, we reversibly tune the single photon purity between the semiclassical and quantum light regimes, with single photon purities as high as 94%. This demonstrates a method for modulating and encoding quantum photonic information, complementing more complex approaches. This multidimensional heterostructure introduces an approach for control of quantum emitters by combining the nonvolatile ferroic properties of a ferroelectric with the radiative properties of the zero-dimensional atomic-scale emitters embedded in the two-dimensional WS₂ semiconductor monolayer.