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Physical platform: Spin defects in other solids

Colour centres and spin defects in hosts other than diamond, such as silicon carbide, hexagonal boron nitride or rare-earth ions in crystals.

Axis

Physical platform — Which quantum system does the measuring?

Validation

Proposed — not yet validated by an expert

Sources

Quantum Flagship: Strategic Research and Industry Agenda (SRIA) for quantum technologies, draft for the second phase of the public consultation; chapter 3, Quantum Sensing & Metrology Roadmap Update 2026 (pp. 75 to 100), p. 89 (other impurities and defects in solid state: rare-earth ions, spin defects, SiC) (read 2026-10-29)
CEN/CENELEC JTC 22 Quantum Technologies: Standardization Roadmap on Quantum Technologies, Release 1.1 (June 2025), JTC22 Q06; chapter 9, Quantum metrology, quantum sensing and quantum imaging, p. 42 (silicon carbide and hexagonal boron nitride) (read 2026-10-29)
EURAMET, European Metrology Network for Quantum Technologies (EMN-Q): European Metrology Network on Quantum Technologies: Strategic Research Agenda (draft V1.0, 8 June 2023), PDF p. 33 (defects in silicon carbide) (read 2026-10-29)

Classification rules of this value

keywords: silicon carbide, sic, divacanc*, boron vacanc*, hexagonal boron nitride, hbn, rare-earth ion*, rare earth ion*, rare-earth doped, spin defect*, molecular spin*

6 confirmed items have this value.

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ANR-NSF QISE: Hexagonal boron nitride quantum sensors ANR (France); ANR aid allocated EUR 303,771.40; Matched: “Hexagonal boron nitride” in the title
BoNi-SENS: Quantum Sensing with van der Waals Heterostructures based on hexagonal Boron Nitride CORDIS; EU contribution (maximum grant agreed) EUR 2,499,826; Matched: “hexagonal Boron Nitride” in the title
Hexagonal boron nitride quantum sensors Project; Matched: “Hexagonal boron nitride” in the title
Microwave-free scanning quantum magnetometer based on a SiC platform OpenAIRE Graph (national funders); no amount stated; Matched: “SiC” in the title
Computational design of Two-Dimensional Spin-Defects for Quantum Sensing Gateway to Research (United Kingdom); no amount stated; Matched: “Spin-Defects” in the title
Development of quantum sensors with optically accessible spin defects in nanomaterials Gateway to Research (United Kingdom); no amount stated; Matched: “spin defects” in the title

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