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Area of Science:

  • Quantum physics
  • Atomic, molecular, and optical physics
  • Condensed matter physics

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  • Strongly interacting spins are fundamental to magnetism and quantum information processing.
  • Interacting spins with motion exhibit exotic phenomena like spin superfluidity.
  • Controllable interacting spin systems are crucial for studying complex spin dynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To demonstrate a highly controllable platform for studying itinerant spin dynamics.
  • To leverage tunable dipolar interactions in potassium-rubidium molecules for quantum spin control.

Main Methods:

  • Encoding a spin-1/2 system into molecular rotational levels of potassium-rubidium molecules.
  • Confining molecules to two-dimensional planes to enhance dipolar interactions.
  • Precisely tuning Ising and spin-exchange interactions using electric fields and molecular states.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated tunable itinerant spin dynamics driven by dipolar interactions.
  • Observed shifts in rotational transition frequencies and spin-motion coupled dynamics.
  • Achieved full tunability of the spin Hamiltonian, enabling reversal of coherent spin dynamics.

Conclusions:

  • Established a novel interacting spin platform with strong, tunable dipolar interactions.
  • This platform facilitates the exploration of many-body spin dynamics and spin-motion physics.
  • Enables advanced research in quantum magnetism and quantum information processing.