Quantum Entanglement in Nitrosyl Iron Complexes
Abstract
Recent magnetic susceptibility measurements for polycrystalline samples of binuclear nitrosyl iron complexes [Fe_2(C_3H_3N_2S)_2(NO)_4] (I) and [Fe_2(SC_3H_5N_2)_2(NO)_4] (II), suggest that quantum-mechanical entanglement of the spin degrees of freedom exists in these compounds. Entanglement E exists below the temperature T_E that we have estimated for complexes I and II to be 80-90 and 110-120 K, respectively. Using an expression of entanglement in terms of magnetic susceptibility for a Heisenberg dimer, we find the temperature dependence of the entanglement for complex II. Having arisen at the temperature T_E, the entanglement increases monotonically with decreasing temperature and reaches 90-95% in this complex at T=25 K, when the subordinate effects are still small.
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@article{arxiv.0902.3337,
title = {Quantum Entanglement in Nitrosyl Iron Complexes},
author = {S. M. Aldoshin and E. B. Feldman and M. A. Yurishchev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0902.3337},
year = {2009}
}
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8 pages