Abstract
The emerging field of quantum information science promises to transform a diverse range of scientific fields, ranging from computation to sensing and metrology. The interdisciplinary scientific community laid the groundwork for the next generation of quantum technologies through key advances in understanding the fundamental unit of quantum information science, the qubit. Electronic spin is a promising platform for qubits, demonstrating suitably long coherence times, optical initialization, and single spin addressability. Herein, we discuss recent accomplishments and future progress from our group targeted at imbuing transition metal complexes with the aforementioned properties, creating a pathway to fusing spatial precision with long coherence times. A strong emphasis of this feature article is progressing towards single spin measurements via a chemical approach for imbuing molecular qubits with an optically-induced spin polarization mechanism.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 13773-13781 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Chemical Communications |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue number | 98 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2018 |
Funding
We thank Mr Scott Coste, Mr Dan Laorenza, Prof. Joseph Zadrozny, Dr Andrew Ozarowski, Dr Matt Krzyaniak, Dr Ryan Young, and Mr Brian Phelan for discussions and scientific insight. This work was supported by Northwestern University, the State of Illinois, and the National Science Foundation CAREER Award No. CHE-1455017. A portion of this work was performed at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, which is supported by the National Science Foundation Cooperative Agreement No. DMR-1644779 and the State of Florida.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- General Chemistry
- Ceramics and Composites
- Metals and Alloys
- Materials Chemistry
- Surfaces, Coatings and Films
- Catalysis