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This study demonstrates coherent quantum control of dark excitons in metal-organic chalcogenolates at room temperature using ultrafast laser pulse shaping. Dark excitons, which have exceptionally long lifetimes at high temperatures, were accessed through two-photon absorption and detected via four-wave mixing in a material called mithrene (silver benzeneselenolate). The researchers developed a theoretical Hamiltonian-based framework to describe the system as a three-level quantum system and outlined conditions for implementing quantum gate operations.
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This work advances the development of artificial atom-like systems for quantum computing that can operate at room temperature rather than requiring extreme cooling. The ability to coherently control dark excitons with long lifetimes could enable more practical quantum processing platforms, potentially reducing the technical barriers to quantum computing applications.
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arXiv:2607.04080v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: Artificial atom-like systems are a promising candidate for next generation quantum processing. Among them, dark excitons exhibit one of the longest lifetimes at high temperatures. Here, we demonstrate coherent control of dark excitonic states in metal-organic chalcogenolates (MOChas) by using an ultrafast pulse shaper at room temperature. These dark exciton states are optically accessed via two-photon absorption and directly read out with a four-wave mixing process. The system is described by a non-perturbative, two-photon Hamiltonian based on well-known atomic physics and applied to a three level system comprised of two dark excitons. Empirical and theoretical state specific optical access is shown via a simple optical pulse shape. The developed Hamiltonian-based description is a first step towards a quantum processing platform using three-level systems and two photon transitions, one example being dark excitons in the MOCha silver benzeneselenolate (mithrene). Simple conditions for gate operations are laid out and described.
Source: Coherent quantum control of dark excitons in hybrid metal organic chalchogenolates