Coherent Manipulation and Decoherence ofS=10Single-Molecule Magnets

Abstract

We report coherent manipulation of S=10 Fe8 single-molecule magnets. The temperature dependence of the spin decoherence time T2 measured by high-frequency pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance indicates that strong spin decoherence is dominated by Fe8 spin bath fluctuations. By polarizing the spin bath in Fe8 single-molecule magnets at magnetic field B=4.6 T and temperature T=1.3 K, spin decoherence is significantly suppressed and extends the spin decoherence time T2 to as long as 712 ns. A second decoherence source is likely due to fluctuations of the nuclear spin bath. This hints that the spin decoherence time can be further extended via isotopic substitution to smaller nuclear magnetic moments.