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Poly[[bis(2,2-bipyridine)bis[μ6-5-(carboxylatomethoxy)benzene-1,3-dicarboxylato]trimanganese(II)] monohydrate]
The title compound, {[Mn3(C10H5O7)2(C10H8N2)2]·H2O}n, was synthesized under hydrothermal conditions. Six carboxylate groups of six 5-(carboxylatomethoxy)benzene-1,3-dicarboxylate anions (OABDC3−) join three MnII ions into a trinuclear centrosymmetric [Mn3(μ2-COO)6] unit with one Mn site situated on a centre of inversion. The latter MnII ion exhibits a distorted MnO6 coordination, whereas the other MnII ion has a trigonal–bipyramidal MnN2O3 coordination environment resulting from three carboxylate O atoms and the two N atoms of the bipyridine ligand. Adjacent units are linked to each other by OABDC3− ligands into a layer parallel to (010). Within the layer, O—H⋯O hydrogen-bonding interactions involving the uncoordinated and half-occupied water molecule and the free carboxylate O atoms are observed. The layers stack along [010], constructing a three-dimensional structure through π–π interactions between adjacent pyridine rings, with a centroid–centroid distance of 3.473 (5) Å
High visibility on-chip quantum interference of single surface plasmons
Quantum photonic integrated circuits (QPICs) based on dielectric waveguides
have been widely used in linear optical quantum computation. Recently, surface
plasmons have been introduced to this application because they can confine and
manipulate light beyond the diffraction limit. In this study, the on-chip
quantum interference of two single surface plasmons was achieved using
dielectric-loaded surface-plasmon-polariton waveguides. The high visibility
(greater than 90%) proves the bosonic nature of single plasmons and emphasizes
the feasibility of achieving basic quantum logic gates for linear optical
quantum computation. The effect of intrinsic losses in plasmonic waveguides
with regard to quantum information processing is also discussed. Although the
influence of this effect was negligible in the current experiment, our studies
reveal that such losses can dramatically reduce quantum interference visibility
in certain cases; thus, quantum coherence must be carefully considered when
designing QPIC devices.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
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