A 'recipe book' that creates color centers in silicon carbide crystals

Silicon carbide has enjoyed renewed interest for its potential in quantum technology. Its ability to house optically excitable defects, called color centers, has made it a strong candidate material to become the building block of quantum computing. Now, researchers have created a list of 'recipes' physicists can use to create specific types of defects with desired optical properties in SiC. The team reports their findings in Applied Physics Letters.