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  • Quantum Chemistry
  • Molecular Magnetism
  • Quantum Computing

Background:

  • Artificial magnetic molecules offer potential for spin qubits in small-scale algorithms.
  • Practical molecular spin processors require expanded computational space and universal operations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Design, synthesize, and characterize dissymmetric molecular dimers with Gadolinium(III) ions.
  • Investigate the potential of these dimers as spin qudits and qubits for quantum computation.

Main Methods:

  • Synthesis and full characterization of molecular dimers containing one or two Gadolinium(III) ions.
  • Utilizing the sensitivity of Gadolinium magnetic anisotropy to local coordination.
  • Employing electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy for coherent control experiments.

Main Results:

  • Developed [LaGd] and [GdLu] complexes realizing distinct spin qudits with eight unequally spaced levels.
  • Engineered a [Gd2] dimer with tunable Gd-Gd interaction, acting as a 64-dimensional spin qudit or six addressable qubits.
  • Achieved coherent control of spin state transitions with microsecond coherence times (T_M), limited by hyperfine interactions.

Conclusions:

  • Dissymmetric molecular dimers with Gadolinium(III) ions serve as promising building blocks for quantum computation.
  • These molecular systems offer a pathway to scalable quantum information processing.
  • Coordination complexes with quantum functionalities are key for hybrid quantum computation and simulation platforms.