Dipolar spin-exchange and entanglement between molecules in an optical tweezer array
Abstract
Ultracold polar molecules are promising candidate qubits for quantum computing and quantum simulations. Their long-lived molecular rotational states form robust qubits, and the long-range dipolar interaction between molecules provides quantum entanglement. In this work, we demonstrate dipolar spin-exchange interactions between single calcium monofluoride (CaF) molecules trapped in an optical tweezer array. We realized the spin-12 quantum XY model by encoding an effective spin-12 system into the rotational states of the molecules and used it to generate a Bell state through an iSWAP operation. Conditioned on the verified existence of molecules in both tweezers at the end of the measurement, we obtained a Bell state fidelity of 0.89(6). Using interleaved tweezer arrays, we demonstrate single-site molecular addressability.
- Publication:
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Science
- Pub Date:
- December 2023
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2211.09780
- Bibcode:
- 2023Sci...382.1138B
- Keywords:
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- PHYSICS;
- Physics - Atomic Physics;
- Quantum Physics