Lone Molecule Bridges Spin and Light ⚡ экспресс
Original: "A Single-Molecule Spin-Photon Interface"
For the first time, a single molecule has acted as a stable bridge between quantum spin and light.
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A single molecule has become a quantum “postman”: it receives and sends data via light particles. At -269°C, its spin stores information for tens of milliseconds, while the molecule itself remains stable for over an hour. Such a qubit can be assembled chemically, paving the way to cheap quantum networks.
🎯 A single carbene molecule — made only of [tag:carbon]carbon[/tag] and [tag:hydrogen]hydrogen[/tag] — is ten thousand times thinner than a hair, yet its spin stores a quantum state hundreds of times longer than many atomic defects.
🎬 The data exchange between molecule and light echoes sci-fi tales of quantum communicators.