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Read-Out and Coherent Manipulation of an Isolated Nuclear Spin

Using a Single-Molecule Magnet Spin-Transistor

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  • © 2016

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Authors:
  1. Stefan Thiele

    1. Sensirion AG, Staefa, Switzerland

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  • Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by University of Grenoble, France
  • Recipient of the Nanosciences Foundation award for the best thesis
  • Demonstrates and explains the worldwide first electrical manipulation of a single nuclear spin
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Stefan Thiele
    Pages 1-12

  3. Single Electron Transistor

    • Stefan Thiele
    Pages 13-21

  4. Magnetic Properties of TbPc\(_\mathbf{{2}}\)

    • Stefan Thiele
    Pages 23-37

  5. Experimental Details

    • Stefan Thiele
    Pages 39-68

  6. Single-Molecule Magnet Spin-Transistor

    • Stefan Thiele
    Pages 69-86

  7. Nuclear Spin Dynamics—\(T_1\)

    • Stefan Thiele
    Pages 87-103

  8. Nuclear Spin Dynamics—\(T^*_2\)

    • Stefan Thiele
    Pages 105-132

  9. Conclusion and Outlook

    • Stefan Thiele
    Pages 133-136

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 137-159
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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.

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  • Sensirion AG, Staefa, Switzerland

    Stefan Thiele

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