Scalable creation of negatively charged boron vacancy color centers in bulk h-BN demonstrated using 1.1 MeV He+ irradiation. Photoluminescence and ODMR measurements confirm robust quantum sensing centers with 3.5 GHz spin splitting for magnetometry.

Scalable creation of negatively charged boron vacancy color centers in bulk h-BN demonstrated using 1.1 MeV He+ irradiation. Photoluminescence and ODMR measurements confirm robust quantum sensing centers with 3.5 GHz spin splitting for magnetometry.