Quantum coherence resourced by the strong nuclear quadrupolar interaction

Abstract

We propose a setup for studying the quantum coherence properties of a quadrupolar nucleus using the nuclear magnetic resonance platforms We consider powder samples labeled with 23Na and oriented with respect to the static magnetic field. By using the l 1-norm of coherence, we examine the quantum coherence in the Zeeman basis at thermal equilibrium. Non-zero coherence is found to result from the strong nuclear quadrupolar spin interactions. It is also shown that higher coherence is created as the quadrupolar interaction coefficient increases. We also discuss the stability of coherence in a possible measurement process in order to use it as a potential resource in any quantum computation protocol.