This thesis sheds new light on the worldwide first electrical manipulation of a single nuclear spin. Over the last four decades, the size of a bit, the smallest logical unit in a computer, has decreased by more than two orders of magnitude and will soon reach a limit where quantum phenomena become important. Inspired by the power of quantum mechanics, researchers have already identified pure quantum systems, having, analog to a classical bit, two controllable and readable states. In this regard, the inherent spin of electrons or nuclei with its two eigenstates, spin up and spin down, is a promising candidate. Using expertise in the field of single-molecule magnets, the author developed a molecular transistor, which allows quantum information to be written onto a single nuclear spin by means of an electric field only, and, in addition, enables the electronic read-out of this quantum state. This novel approach opens a path to addressing and manipulating individual nuclear spins within avery confined space (a single molecule), at high speed. Thus, the author was able to show that single molecule magnets are promising candidates for quantum information processing, which is triggering a new field of research towards molecular quantum electronics.
| ISBN: | 9783319240565 |
| Publication date: | 4th December 2015 |
| Author: | Stefan Thiele |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer International Publishing |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 159 pages |
| Series: | Springer Theses |
| Genres: |
Materials science Biophysics Condensed matter physics (liquid state and solid state physics) Electricity, electromagnetism and magnetism Atomic and molecular physics |
This thesis sheds new light on the worldwide first electrical manipulation of a single nuclear spin. Over the last four decades, the size of a bit, the smallest logical unit in a computer, has decreased by more than two orders of magnitude and will soon reach a limit where quantum phenomena become important. Inspired by the power of quantum mechanics, researchers have already identified pure quantum systems, having, analog to a classical bit, two controllable and readable states. In this regard, the inherent spin of electrons or nuclei with its two eigenstates, spin up and spin down, is a promising candidate. Using expertise in the field of single-molecule magnets, the author developed a molecular transistor, which allows quantum information to be written onto a single nuclear spin by means of an electric field only, and, in addition, enables the electronic read-out of this quantum state. This novel approach opens a path to addressing and manipulating individual nuclear spins within avery confined space (a single molecule), at high speed. Thus, the author was able to show that single molecule magnets are promising candidates for quantum information processing, which is triggering a new field of research towards molecular quantum electronics.
Read-Out and Coherent Manipulation of an Isolated Nuclear Spin features in the following genres: Materials science, Biophysics, Condensed matter physics (liquid state and solid state physics), Electricity, electromagnetism and magnetism, Atomic and molecular physics
Read-Out and Coherent Manipulation of an Isolated Nuclear Spin is available in Hardback
Read-Out and Coherent Manipulation of an Isolated Nuclear Spin was written by Stefan Thiele and published by Springer an imprint of Springer International Publishing
Read-Out and Coherent Manipulation of an Isolated Nuclear Spin has 159 pages
Yes it is part of Springer Theses series