Correlated Structural and Optical Characterization of Hexagonal Boron Nitride
Pia BhatiaUniversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA _______________________________________ Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) plays a central role in nanoelectronics and nanophotonics. Moreover, hBN hosts room-temperature quantum emitters and optically addressable spins, making the material promising for quantum sensing and photonics. Despite significant investigation of the optical andstructural properties of hBN, the role of contamination at surfaces…