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Dipolar spin-exchange and entanglement between molecules in an optical tweezer array.

Yicheng BaoScarlett S YuLoïc AndereggEunmi ChaeWolfgang KetterleKang-Kuen NiJohn M Doyle
Published in: Science (New York, N.Y.) (2023)
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-[Formula: see text] quantum XY model by encoding an effective spin-[Formula: see text] 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.
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