Sangha KimHarvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA _______________________________________ The negatively charged boron vacancy defect (VB?) in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) has emerged as a promising platform for quantum technologies, particularly quantum sensing and quantum simulation. As a spin defect in a 2D material, VB? can be optically initialized and read out at room temperature, has a…
Andrew BelingUniversity of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA _______________________________________ The negatively charged boron vacancy (VB–) is amongst the most studied defects in solid-state materials for quantum sensing and remains the only defect in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) with a definitively known chemical structure. Despite this, many questions remain unanswered regarding the photophysics, transition rates, and…
Kento SasakiThe University of Tokyo – Tokyo Japan_______________________________________ Boron vacancy defects (VB) in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) are luminescent defects exhibit optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) at room temperature and are being researched for use in quantum technologies. The electron spins of VB interacting with the nuclear spins of nitrogen and boron allow their dynamic…
Atac Imamoglu
Professor of Physics, ETH Zurich
Atac Imamoglu received his PhD in 1991 from Stanford University for his work on electromagnetically induced transparency. After an ITAMP postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University, he joined University of California, Santa Barbara as an assistant professor where he demonstrated the first solid-state single-photon source. In 2002, he moved to the Department of Physics at ETH Zurich, where he leads the Quantum Photonics group. His research focuses on quantum optics of two dimensional materials, with a strong emphasis on optical spectroscopy of strongly correlated electrons in van der Waals heterostructures.