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Substitutional oxygen as the origin of the 3.5 eV luminescence in hexagonal boron nitride

Marek Maciaszek

Neutral oxygen substituting for nitrogen in hBN produces the 3.5 eV luminescence through hole capture and structural reconfiguration.

arxiv:2602.05253 v1 · 2026-02-05 · cond-mat.mtrl-sci

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Here, we demonstrate that this emission originates from hole capture by neutral oxygen substituting for nitrogen (ON). The transition mechanism is non-trivial, involving not only a change in charge state but also a substantial structural reconfiguration... The calculated emission energy (3.63 eV) and lineshape are in excellent agreement with experiment.

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The density functional theory calculations accurately capture the large structural reconfiguration between charge states and the resulting emission energy without significant errors from functional choice, supercell size, or other approximations in defect modeling.

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Substitutional oxygen replacing nitrogen (ON) in hBN produces the 3.5 eV luminescence via hole capture, with a calculated emission energy of 3.63 eV and lineshape matching experiment.

References

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[1] Quantum Optics Applications of Hexagonal Boron Nitride Defects 2025

[2] Mai, T. N. A.; Hossain, M. S.; Nguyen, N. M.; Chen, Y.; Chen, C.; Xu, X.; Trinh, Q. T.; Dinh, T.; Tran, T. T. Quantum Emitters in Hexagonal Boron Nitride: Principles, Engineering and Applications. Adv 2025 · doi:10.1002/adfm.202500714

[3] Quantum Emitters in Hexagonal Boron Nitride 2022

[4] Carbone, A.; De Mongex, D.-P. B.-F.; Krasheninnikov, A. V.; Wubs, M.; Huck, A.; Hansen, T. W.; Holleitner, A. W.; Stenger, N.; Kastl, C. Creation and microscopic origins of single- photon emitters in 2025

[5] K.; Binder, J.; Prozheev, I.; Tuomisto, F.; Iwański, J.; Tokarczyk, M.; Korona, K 2024

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arxiv: 2602.05253 · arxiv_version: 2602.05253v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2602.05253 · pith_short_12: FKS7UD2SS5BD · pith_short_16: FKS7UD2SS5BDGBLW · pith_short_8: FKS7UD2S

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