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Spin–electric coupling

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Strong spin–electric coupling related to modulation of magnetic coupling has now been observed in polar spin chains. This is a first step towards switching quantum bit interactions by localized electric fields.

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Fig. 1: Schematic of the electric-field modulated electron paramagnetic resonance (EFM-EPR) setup used to measure spin–electric coupling and the resulting measurement.

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van Slageren, J. Spin–electric coupling. Nat. Mater. 18, 300–301 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-019-0314-7

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