Nano-indent process for creating single photon emitters in a two-dimensional materials platform

US11705535B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · US

Inventors

• Berend T. Jonker · Waldorf, US
• Matthew R. Rosenberger · Arlington, US
• Hsun-Jen Chuang · Alexandria, US
• Joshua Hendrickson · Dayton, US
• Chandriker Kavir Dass · Dayton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 1, 2020
• Grant date: Jul 18, 2023
• Expiry date: Dec 19, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S977/856
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A nano-indent process for creating a single photon emitter in a two-dimensional materials platform comprising the steps of providing a substrate, providing a layer of polymer, providing a layer of two-dimensional material, utilizing a proximal probe, applying mechanical stress to the layer of two-dimensional material and to the layer of polymer, deforming the layer of two-dimensional material and the layer of polymer, and forming a nano-indent in the two-dimensional material. A single photon emitter in a two-dimensional materials platform comprising a substrate, a deformable polymer film, a two-dimensional material, and a nano-indent in the two-dimensional material.