We use time-domain terahertz spectroscopy to measure the position and linewidth of single photon transitions in Mn12-acetate. This linewidth is compared to the linewidth measured in tunneling experiments. We conclude that local magnetic fields (due to dipole or hyperfine interactions) cannot be responsible for the observed linewidth, and suggest that the linewidth is due to variations in the anisotropy constants for different clusters. We also calculate a lower limit on the dipole field distribution that would be expected due to random orientations of clusters and find that collective effects must narrow this distribution in tunneling measurements.
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0110658,
title = {Linewidth of single photon transitions in Mn$_{12}$-acetate},
author = {Beth Parks and Joseph Loomis and Evan Rumberger and David N. Hendrickson and George Christou},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0110658},
year = {2009}
}