Harnessing Chiral Spin States in Molecular Nanomagnets for Quantum Technologies

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Main Authors: Ullah, Aman, Hu, Ziqi, Aragó, Juan, Gaita-Ariño, Alejandro
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Published: 2025
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author Ullah, Aman
Hu, Ziqi
Aragó, Juan
Gaita-Ariño, Alejandro
author_facet Ullah, Aman
Hu, Ziqi
Aragó, Juan
Gaita-Ariño, Alejandro
contents We present a theoretical framework to investigate spin chirality in molecular quantum systems. Focusing on a minimal three-spin-center model with antiferromagnetic exchange and symmetry breaking driven by an electric-field-induced Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction and applied magnetic fields-give rise to chiral ground states characterized by nonzero scalar spin chirality, $χ= \textbf{S}_1\cdot(\textbf{S}_r\times \textbf{S}_2)$. The emergent chiral qubits naturally suppress always-on interactions that can not be switched off in weakly coupled qubits, as demonstrated through Liouville-von Neumann dynamics, which reveal phase difference in superposition states that form chiral qubits. To validate this framework, we examine realistic lanthanide complexes with radical-bridged magnetic centers, where spin-orbit coupling and asymmetric exchange facilitate chirality. Our findings establish spin chirality engineering as a promising strategy for mitigating always-on interaction in entangling two chiral qubits in molecular quantum technologies.
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spellingShingle Harnessing Chiral Spin States in Molecular Nanomagnets for Quantum Technologies
Ullah, Aman
Hu, Ziqi
Aragó, Juan
Gaita-Ariño, Alejandro
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Quantum Physics
We present a theoretical framework to investigate spin chirality in molecular quantum systems. Focusing on a minimal three-spin-center model with antiferromagnetic exchange and symmetry breaking driven by an electric-field-induced Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction and applied magnetic fields-give rise to chiral ground states characterized by nonzero scalar spin chirality, $χ= \textbf{S}_1\cdot(\textbf{S}_r\times \textbf{S}_2)$. The emergent chiral qubits naturally suppress always-on interactions that can not be switched off in weakly coupled qubits, as demonstrated through Liouville-von Neumann dynamics, which reveal phase difference in superposition states that form chiral qubits. To validate this framework, we examine realistic lanthanide complexes with radical-bridged magnetic centers, where spin-orbit coupling and asymmetric exchange facilitate chirality. Our findings establish spin chirality engineering as a promising strategy for mitigating always-on interaction in entangling two chiral qubits in molecular quantum technologies.
title Harnessing Chiral Spin States in Molecular Nanomagnets for Quantum Technologies
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.11964