BIO

My name is Gia Rivers and I am a sophomore at Florida State University from Melbourne, Florida. I graduated from Melbourne High School with the International Baccalaureate Diploma. My current research interest is in high symmetry metal-organic frameworks that can host spin-qubit centers. My current career goal is to work in Pharmacology Research.

Synthesis of High-Symmetry Lanthanide Complexes for Quantum Information Processing (QIS)

Abstract

A qubit is an important component for quantum information processing, which applies the quantum property of superposition to access multiple states beyond the two states accessible by a classical bit (which can only hold the states 0 or 1). One important parameter that should be studied is qubit coherence time, which is the lifetime of the superposition state. There are currently many different methods for the development of qubits being considered, the manipulation of electronic spins being one viable pathway for the development of qubits. One current research objective is working with Ytterbium to synthesize metal organic frameworks (MOFs) and exploring the influence of the rigidity and vibrational properties of these frameworks to increase the coherent time. Other research objectives include the study of high symmetry complexes for optical readout of spin qubits and the exploration of high symmetry structures for the implementation of spin “qudits”. Single crystals will be obtained by slow diffusion of different solvents, and they will be characterized by single crystal x-ray diffraction to study the symmetry and packing of the molecules. Measurements of their magnetic properties will be done by SQUID, and the coherent time will be measured at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory using Electronic Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR). The current hypothesis is that the change of the halogen in the MOF will affect the coherent time of the MOF.

Keywords: quantum, qubit, qudit, crystal, metal-organic framework