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A single silicon colour centre resolved

Isolated point defects in silicon that emit light at telecom wavelengths could help accelerate the development of quantum information technologies using commercial platforms.

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Fig. 1: Isolated optical emission from commercial silicon-on-insulator samples.

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Simmons, S. A single silicon colour centre resolved. Nat Electron 3, 734–735 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-020-00516-2

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