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About AtomLux

Building the infrastructure layer for quantum photonics.

Our Thesis

Room-temperature quantum photonics will happen.

The only question is who builds it.

Why hexagonal boron nitride?

Multiple material platforms can produce single photons at room-temperature. AtomLux believes hBN offers the best combination of properties for a commercially viable source.

Room-Temperature Emission

hBN color centers emit single photons at 300K — no cryogenics, no vacuum. This is a fundamental material property, proven since 2016.

Tunable & Deterministic

Isotope engineering gives us control over emission wavelength and spectral purity. We don't rely on luck — we engineer the outcome.

Integration-Friendly

As a 2D material, hBN can be transferred onto any substrate and integrated into existing photonic architectures without complex alignment.

Progress

AtomLux Milestones

2024

Research Foundation

Core hBN synthesis and atomic manipulation demonstrated at Yale.

2025

hBN Engineering

Continuous refinement of hBN engineering.

H1 2026

Crystal Validation

World-class hBN quality independently verified. C-doping control achieved.

H2 2026

SPE Identification

Repeatable single photon emitter creation on carbon-doped hBN.

2027

Device Integration

First integrated room-temperature SPE modules. Partnership pilots.

2028

Commercialize

Production-ready SPE devices for QRNG and QKD applications.

2030

Global Supply Chain

The leading supplier of room-temp quantum photonics industry worldwide with various hBN-based single photon sources.

Team

Built at Yale.

AtomLux is the world's only team combining hBN synthesis, 2D transfer, AI, and atomic manipulation under one roof.

hBN Crystal Growth

Deep expertise in high-pressure, high-temperature synthesis of isotopically pure hBN — the foundation of everything we build.

2D Materials & Electron Microscopy

Atomic-resolution characterization and transfer of 2D materials. We see and manipulate individual atoms.

AI for Science

Machine learning pipelines for defect identification, spectral analysis, and process optimization at scale.

Atomic Engineering

Deterministic creation and manipulation of point defects in 2D materials — pioneered at Yale under world-leading researchers.

Spun out of AtomE Group at Yale — where atomic engineering of 2D materials was pioneered.

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