Quantum Sensing with Triplet Pair States: A Theoretical Study

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Autori principali: Concilio, Maria Grazia, Wang, Yiwen, Wang, Siyuan, Kong, Xueqian
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author Concilio, Maria Grazia
Wang, Yiwen
Wang, Siyuan
Kong, Xueqian
author_facet Concilio, Maria Grazia
Wang, Yiwen
Wang, Siyuan
Kong, Xueqian
contents Molecular quantum sensors represent a promising frontier for the detection of nuclear magnetic resonance signals and alternating current magnetic fields at the nanoscale, potentially reaching single-proton sensitivity. Although the triplet states of molecular pentacene provide a viable sensing architecture, the triplet pair states produced by singlet fission of pentacene dimers could enable more flexible quantum manipulations through entanglement. In this work, we model the quantum sensing efficacy of a spin-polarized quintet manifold in a photoexcited pentacene dimer generated via intramolecular singlet fission. Using a Lindblad master equation approach, we simulate the evolution of the triplet pair state under standard dynamical decoupling sequences, including spin echo, XY4, and XY8 and provide a direct performance comparison to the traditional pentacene monomer benchmark. While both architectures exhibit comparable sensitivity for isolated single-spin detection, our findings indicate that the dimer architecture provides a superior interaction cross-section for detecting small ensembles of nuclear spins. Analytical expressions derived for fluorescence modulation demonstrate that sensitivity is optimized in the low-magnetic field regime and scales with the number of pulses in the sensing protocol. This study establishes a theoretical baseline for utilizing high-spin multi-excitonic states as chemically tunable, high-sensitivity quantum probes.
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spellingShingle Quantum Sensing with Triplet Pair States: A Theoretical Study
Concilio, Maria Grazia
Wang, Yiwen
Wang, Siyuan
Kong, Xueqian
Chemical Physics
Quantum Physics
Molecular quantum sensors represent a promising frontier for the detection of nuclear magnetic resonance signals and alternating current magnetic fields at the nanoscale, potentially reaching single-proton sensitivity. Although the triplet states of molecular pentacene provide a viable sensing architecture, the triplet pair states produced by singlet fission of pentacene dimers could enable more flexible quantum manipulations through entanglement. In this work, we model the quantum sensing efficacy of a spin-polarized quintet manifold in a photoexcited pentacene dimer generated via intramolecular singlet fission. Using a Lindblad master equation approach, we simulate the evolution of the triplet pair state under standard dynamical decoupling sequences, including spin echo, XY4, and XY8 and provide a direct performance comparison to the traditional pentacene monomer benchmark. While both architectures exhibit comparable sensitivity for isolated single-spin detection, our findings indicate that the dimer architecture provides a superior interaction cross-section for detecting small ensembles of nuclear spins. Analytical expressions derived for fluorescence modulation demonstrate that sensitivity is optimized in the low-magnetic field regime and scales with the number of pulses in the sensing protocol. This study establishes a theoretical baseline for utilizing high-spin multi-excitonic states as chemically tunable, high-sensitivity quantum probes.
title Quantum Sensing with Triplet Pair States: A Theoretical Study
topic Chemical Physics
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.29509