This book presents the first established experimental results of an emergent field:
2-dimensional materials as platforms for quantum technologies specifically through the optics
of quantum-confined excitons. It also provides an extensive review of the literature from a
number of disciplines that informed the research and introduces the materials of focus - 2d
Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (2d-TMDs) - in detail discussing electronic and chemical
structure excitonic behaviour and response to strain. This is followed by a brief overview of
quantum information technologies including concepts such as single-photon sources and quantum
networks. The methods chapter addresses quantum optics techniques and 2d-material processing
while the results section shows the development of a method to deterministically create quantum
dots (QDs) in the 2d-TMDs which can trap single-excitons the fabrication of atomically thin
quantum light-emitting diodes to induce all-electrical single-photon emission from the QDs and
lastly the use of devices to controllably trap single-spins in the QDs -the first step towards
their use as optically-addressable matter qubits.
