Near-ideal room-temperature single photon emitters coupled with photonic integrated circuits

We give a short insight into our work on single photon emitters hosted in hexagonal Boron Nitride (hBN) and photonic integrated circuits, together with technology demonstrations of this platform. We have recently shown the deterministic creation of near-ideal hBN single photon emitters at room temperature and have made important progress on the identification of their atomic origin, comparing their optical characteristics with density functional theory calculations. The quantum emitters can be employed in various applications, including tests on the fundamentals of quantum mechanics and quantum communication, for which we work on their integration into photonic integrated circuits based on laser-written waveguides.