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Indication for macroscopic quantum tunneling below 10 K in nanostructures of SrRuO3

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2015-06-12 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We study magnetization reversal of nanostructures of the itinerant ferromagnet SrRuO3 (Tc~150 K). We find that down to 10 K the magnetization reversal is dominated by thermal activation. From 2 - 10 K, the magnetization reversal becomes independent of temperature, raising the possibility for reversal dominated by macroscopic quantum tunneling (MQT). A 10 K crossover to MQT is consistent with the extremely large anisotropy field (~7 T) of SrRuO3.

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@article{arxiv.1211.0965,
  title  = {Indication for macroscopic quantum tunneling below 10 K in nanostructures of SrRuO3},
  author = {Omer Sinwani and James W. Reiner and Lior Klein},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1211.0965},
  year   = {2015}
}