Optical Detection of Coherent Nuclear Spin Control in a Molecular System at Room Temperature
Abstract
Molecular systems with optically addressable electron spins are emerging as versatile quantum sensing platforms, offering tunable qubit properties and molecular-scale spatial control. Owing to their longer lifetimes, coupled nuclear spins provide an attractive resource for enhancing sensing performance. For molecular spin systems, the ability to initialise, coherently control and readout nuclear spins at room temperature is crucial for realising such benefits. Here, we present the first optical detection of nuclear magnetic resonance and coherent nuclear spin control with a molecular system at room temperature. Specifically, we demonstrate optically detected Rabi oscillations of 14N nuclear spins in the photoexcited triplet state of the organic chromophore 6,13-diazapentacene. The strong hyperfine coupling between the electronic spin and 14N nuclei enhances the nuclear Rabi frequency, enabling fast coherent nuclear-spin rotations. This work lays the foundation for leveraging nuclear spins as memories for enhanced molecular-based quantum sensing.
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BibTeX
@misc{irving2026optical,
title = {{Optical Detection of Coherent Nuclear Spin Control in a Molecular System at Room Temperature}},
author = {Eoin O. Irving and Ziqiu Huang and Max Attwood and Sam L. Bayliss and Sarah K. Mann},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.17050},
eprint = {2610.17050},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.17050},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Optical Detection of Coherent Nuclear Spin Control in a Molecular System at Room Temperature
AU - Eoin O. Irving
AU - Ziqiu Huang
AU - Max Attwood
AU - Sam L. Bayliss
AU - Sarah K. Mann
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/12
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.17050
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.17050
AB - Molecular systems with optically addressable electron spins are emerging as versatile quantum sensing platforms, offering tunable qubit properties and molecular-scale spatial control. Owing to their longer lifetimes, coupled nuclear spins provide an attractive resource for enhancing sensing performance. For molecular spin systems, the ability to initialise, coherently control and readout nuclear spins at room temperature is crucial for realising such benefits. Here, we present the first optical detection of nuclear magnetic resonance and coherent nuclear spin control with a molecular system at room temperature. Specifically, we demonstrate optically detected Rabi oscillations of ^14N nuclear spins in the photoexcited triplet state of the organic chromophore 6,13-diazapentacene. The strong hyperfine coupling between the electronic spin and ^14N nuclei enhances the nuclear Rabi frequency, enabling fast coherent nuclear-spin rotations. This work lays the foundation for leveraging nuclear spins as memories for enhanced molecular-based quantum sensing.
ER -