Electronic control and switching of entangled spin state using anisotropy and exchange in the three-particle paradigm

TL;DR

This paper investigates how to control and switch entangled spin states in a three-particle system with an electron and two other spins, revealing the roles of anisotropy and exchange interactions for different spin magnitudes.

Contribution

It derives a general formula for switching resonance conditions and compares entanglement control mechanisms for spin-1/2 and spin-1 models.

Findings

Full control of spin states is possible with anisotropy for spins greater than 1/2.

Additional mechanisms are needed for effective control in spin-1/2 models.

A general switching resonance condition is formulated for any spin configuration.

Abstract

We explore the control and switching of the entangled spin states of multi-spin particle qubit coupled to an electron using a three-particle spin model described by $S_i$ ($i=1,2,3$), in which $S_1=\tfrac{1}{2}$ is an electron and $S_{2,3}$ can have any spin with both exchange coupling and magnetic anisotropy. We derive a general formula for the existence of a switching (DJ) resonance for any spin $S_{2,3}$. We further contrast the entanglement switching mechanisms for the $S_{2,3}=\tfrac{1}{2}$ and $S_{2,3}=1$ spin models. We find that while the onsite magnetic anisotropy in the case of $S_{2,3}>\tfrac{1}{2}$ allows full control of their spin states via interaction with $S_1$, in order to achieve acceptable control of a Bloch vector within the $S_{2,3}=\tfrac{1}{2}$ model, additional mechanisms, such as anisotropic exchange coupling, are required.