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Creating molecular entanglement in functionalized semiconductor nanostructures
by
Victor S. Batista
Yale Universisty, Chemistry Department
Coauthors: Luis G.C. Rego
The feasibility of creating molecular entanglement in functionalized semiconductor nanostructures is computationally demonstrated. Entangled holes, localized deep in the semiconductor band gap, are generated by electron-hole pair separation after photoexcitation of surface complexes. The approach is illustrated for small arrays of catechol molecules anchored to TiO2-anatase nanowires under vacuum conditions. It is shown that molecular entanglement can persist for hundreds of picoseconds at cryogenic temperature. Moreover, it is shown that the relaxation dynamics of entangled states can be coherently controlled by a sequence of ultrashort 2-pi pulses.
Date received: February 23, 2004
Copyright © 2004 by the author(s). The author(s) of this document and the organizers of the conference have granted their consent to include this abstract in Atlas Mathematical Conference Abstracts. Document # cann-07.