Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, CO, 80401, USA.
Nat Commun. 2023 Mar 2;14(1):1180. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-36529-6.
Singlet fission, a process that splits a singlet exciton into a biexciton, has promise in quantum information. We report time-resolved electron paramagnetic resonance measurements on a conformationally well-defined acene dimer molecule, TIPS-BP1', designed to exhibit strongly state-selective relaxation to specific magnetic spin sublevels. The resulting optically pumped spin polarization is a nearly pure initial state from the ensemble. The long-lived spin coherences modulate the signal intrinsically, allowing a measurement scheme that substantially removes noise and uncertainty in the magnetic resonance spectra. A nonadiabatic transition theory with a minimal number of spectroscopic parameters allows the quantitative assignment and interpretation of the spectra. In this work, we show that the rigid dimer TIPS-BP1' supports persistent spin coherences at temperatures far higher than those used in conventional superconducting quantum hardware.
单线态裂变,即单线态激子分裂为双激子的过程,在量子信息中具有广阔的应用前景。我们报告了在构象上高度明确的并五苯二聚体分子 TIPS-BP1'上进行的时间分辨电子顺磁共振测量,该分子设计用于表现出强烈的、对特定磁自旋亚能级的状态选择性弛豫。由此产生的光泵浦自旋极化是来自于整个体系的几乎纯的初始状态。长寿命自旋相干性从本质上调制信号,从而允许采用一种测量方案,大大减少磁共振谱中的噪声和不确定性。一个具有最小数量的光谱参数的非绝热跃迁理论允许对光谱进行定量的归属和解释。在这项工作中,我们表明,刚性二聚体 TIPS-BP1'在远高于传统超导量子硬件中使用的温度下支持持久的自旋相干性。