Domaines
Condensed matter
Nouveaux états électroniques de la matière corrélée
Quantum information theory and quantum technologies
Topological materials, Quantum Transport, Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics
Nanophysics, nanophotonics, 2D materials and van der Waals heterostructures,, surface physicss, new electronic states of matter
Type de stage
Expérimental Description
Many hardware platforms exist to implement qubit operations for quantum technologies, but these platforms, although conceptually elegant, do not offer a straightforward path toward consumer applications in terms of energy/resource usage (#QEI). To address this challenge, we propose a new platform: the quantum spintronic qubit device. It contains an atomic paramagnetic atom that electronically interacts with a simple ferromagnetic metal across a fully spin-polarized interface (‘spinterface’, see panel a). Thanks to its solid-state implementation, this qubit paradigm offers many advantages: large/built-in magnetic field, spintronic initialization/manipulation/readout of the qubit (panel a), potential for room-temperature operation, built-in entanglement.
Beyond first successes in the areas of quantum information and energy harvesting, we propose as a Masters 2 project to further mature this platform by continuing promising magnetotransport experiments across a CoPc-borne qubit embedded into a molecular spintronic nanojunction. The project’s samples will be grown and processed into nanojunctions by Jan 2026, and the M2 candidate will oversee the measurements in close interactions with the research team.
Contact
Martin Bowen