Issue 36, 2021

Controlled coherent dynamics of [VO(TPP)], a prototype molecular nuclear qudit with an electronic ancilla

Abstract

We show that [VO(TPP)] (vanadyl tetraphenylporphyrinate) is a promising system to implement quantum computation algorithms based on encoding information in multi-level (qudit) units. Indeed, it embeds a nuclear spin 7/2 coupled to an electronic spin 1/2 by hyperfine interaction. This qubit–qudit unit can be exploited to implement quantum error correction and quantum simulation algorithms. Through a combined theoretical and broadband nuclear magnetic resonance study, we demonstrate that the elementary operations of such algorithms can be efficiently implemented on the nuclear spin qudit. Manipulation of the nuclear qudit can be achieved by resonant radio-frequency pulses, thanks to the remarkably long coherence times and the effective quadrupolar coupling induced by the strong hyperfine interaction. This approach may open new perspectives for developing new molecular qubit–qudit systems.

Graphical abstract: Controlled coherent dynamics of [VO(TPP)], a prototype molecular nuclear qudit with an electronic ancilla

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
08 Mar 2021
Accepted
02 Aug 2021
First published
05 Aug 2021
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Sci., 2021,12, 12046-12055

Controlled coherent dynamics of [VO(TPP)], a prototype molecular nuclear qudit with an electronic ancilla

S. Chicco, A. Chiesa, G. Allodi, E. Garlatti, M. Atzori, L. Sorace, R. De Renzi, R. Sessoli and S. Carretta, Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 12046 DOI: 10.1039/D1SC01358K

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