Exploring and Controlling Chemistry Using Quantum Logic
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https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2024.654Keywords:
Cold polyatomic molecular ions, Ion-molecule reactions, Molecular quantum technologies, Non-demolition state detection, Quantum logic spectroscopyAbstract
Over the past years, the development of experimental techniques for the coherent manipulation and control of isolated quantum systems has made impressive progress. Such ‘quantum-logic’ methods are also highly attractive in a chemical context in view of unravelling and controlling the quantum dynamics of molecular collisions and chemical reactions. Quantum technologies have the potential to transform the way chemical dynamics are investigated – by providing highly sensitive methods for state readout and spectroscopy, by opening up new pathways for the quantum-state preparation of molecules and by enabling an improved control of their microscopic behavior on the single-particle level. However, for complex quantum systems like molecules, these techniques are still in their infancy and their considerable potential remains to be unlocked. The aim of the present research program supported by an Advanced Grant of the Swiss National Science Foundation is to merge the fields of quantum science and chemical dynamics by advancing quantum technologies to polyatomic molecular ions and by applying them to the study of ion-molecule collisions and chemical reactions. In this article, we review the salient experimental methods as well as prospects and challenges in the development of molecular quantum technologies and their applications to chemistry.
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Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
Grant numbers TMAG-2_209193
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Copyright (c) 2024 Prerna Paliwal, Mikhail Popov, Nanditha Sunil Kumar, Stefan Willitsch
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