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Josephson effect through an anisotropic magnetic molecule

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2011-11-16 v2

Abstract

We study the Josephson effect through a magnetic molecule with anisotropic properties. Performing calculations in the tunneling regime, we show that the exchange coupling between the electron spin on the molecule and the molecular spin can trigger a transition from the π\pi state to the 0 state, and we study how the spin anisotropy affects this transition. We show that the behavior of the critical current as a function of an external magnetic field can give access to valuable information about the spin anisotropy of the molecule.

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@article{arxiv.1106.4193,
  title  = {Josephson effect through an anisotropic magnetic molecule},
  author = {I. A. Sadovskyy and D. Chevallier and T. Jonckheere and M. Lee and S. Kawabata and T. Martin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.4193},
  year   = {2011}
}
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