Increasing the Hilbert space dimension using a single coupled molecular spin

Single-molecular magnets (SMM) are promising candidates for quantum technologies given the ease of repeatable manufacture and potential as qudits. Here, Biard et al succeed in electronically reading out a SMM containing two high-spin terbium atoms, allowing for a 16 dimensional Hilbert space.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hugo Biard, Eufemio Moreno-Pineda, Mario Ruben, Edgar Bonet, Wolfgang Wernsdorfer, Franck Balestro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24693-6
Description
Summary:Single-molecular magnets (SMM) are promising candidates for quantum technologies given the ease of repeatable manufacture and potential as qudits. Here, Biard et al succeed in electronically reading out a SMM containing two high-spin terbium atoms, allowing for a 16 dimensional Hilbert space.
ISSN:2041-1723