High‐Yield Engineering and Identification of Oxygen‐Related Modified Divacancies in 4H‐SiC
ABSTRACT Modified divacancies in the 4H polytype of silicon carbide (SiC) exhibit enhanced charge stability and spin addressability at room temperature, making them attractive for quantum applications. However, their low formation yield and lack of direct structural identification have hindered progress. Here, we demonstrate a controllable method for high‐yield engineering and identification of oxygen‐related modified divacancy color centers in 4H‐SiC via oxygen‐ion implantation. Based on their distinct optical and spin‐resonance characteristics, we experimentally resolve four types of modified divacancies. Furthermore, by measuring isotope‐resolved hyperfine interactions, we identify them as the four crystallographic configurations of oxygen‐vacancy (OV) complexes. Remarkably, single OV centers account for over 90% of the total defect population and exhibit superior optical properties and spin coherence compared with defects created by conventional carbon or nitrogen implantation. We characterize the zero‐phonon lines of these OV centers and reveal distinct temperature‐dependent behavior in spin‐readout contrast. By optimizing implantation dose and annealing temperature, we achieve high‐density ensembles and observe Rabi‐oscillation beating patterns associated with different orientations of basal‐type defects. These results establish a high‐yield route for scalable engineering of these four oxygen‐related modified divacancies in 4H‐SiC and clarify their atomic structure, opening new opportunities for solid‐state quantum technologies.
Authors
- Jin‐Shi Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0528-1000)
- Zhi-He Hao
- Chuan‐Feng Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6815-8929)
- Shuo Ren
- Guang‐Can Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3771-9185)
- Zhen-Xuan He
- Wu-Xi Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6048-2270)
- Qi Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7988-2804)
- Ji-Yang Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8382-9742)
Institutions
- University of Science and Technology of China (CN)
- Anhui University (CN)
- ELTE Research Centre for Linguistics (HU)
- Budapest University of Technology and Economics (HU)
- HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics (HU)
- Quantum Design (Germany) (DE)
- QuantumCTek (China) (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advanced Materials
- Published
- 2026-05-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.73419
- Primary Topic
- Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China