Robust AC vector sensing at zero magnetic field with pentacene

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2512.06272v1
• Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2025 03:49:12 GMT
• Title: Robust AC vector sensing at zero magnetic field with pentacene
• Abstract summary: Quantum sensors based on electronic spins have emerged as powerful probes of microwave-frequency fields.<n>Here, we demonstrate microwave vector magnetometry using the photoexcited spin triplet of pentacene molecules.
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• Abstract: Quantum sensors based on electronic spins have emerged as powerful probes of microwave-frequency fields. Among other solid-state platforms, spins in molecular crystals offer a range of advantages, from high spin density to functionalization via chemical tunability. Here, we demonstrate microwave vector magnetometry using the photoexcited spin triplet of pentacene molecules, operating at zero external magnetic field and room temperature. We achieve full three-dimensional microwave field reconstruction by detecting the Rabi frequencies of anisotropic spin-triplet transitions associated with two crystallographic orientations of pentacene in deuterated naphthalene crystals. We further introduce a phase alternated protocol that extends the rotating-frame coherence time by an order of magnitude and enables sensitivities of approximately $1~μ\mathrm{T}/\sqrt{\mathrm{Hz}}$ with sub-micrometer spatial resolution. These results establish pentacene-based molecular spins as a practical and high-performance platform for microwave quantum sensing in addition to demonstrating control techniques broadly applicable to other molecular and solid-state spin systems.

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