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The quantum tunneling of the magnetization vector between excited levels are studied theoretically in single-domain ferromagnetic nanoparticles with biaxial crystal symmetry placed in an external magnetic field at an arbitarily directed…

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The spatial profile of the magnetization of Mn12 crystals in a swept magnetic field applied along the easy axis is determined from measurements of the local magnetic induction along the sample surface using an array of Hall sensors. We find…

We report the achievement of the first atomically resolved scanning tunneling microscope (STM) imaging in a water-cooled magnet (WM), where the extremely harsh vibrations and noises have been the major challenge. This homebuilt WM-STM…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-15 Wenjie Meng , Ying Guo , Yubin Hou , Qingyou Lu

Spin polarized scanning tunneling microscopy is used to directly image topological magnetic textures in thin films of MnGe, and to correlate the magnetism with structure probed at the atomic-scale. Our images indicate helical stripe…

Leveraging scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) for atomic-scale fabrication has led to many advancements such as the creation of atomic electron-spin qubit structures on surfaces. However, the time-consuming and tedious nature of this…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-10-18 Angéline Lafleur , Soo-hyon Phark

Interest in the magnetism of organic compounds is growing because of new organic magnets, spin-based electronics and the diverse properties of magnetic edge states in graphene nanoribbons. Electron spin resonance spectroscopy combined with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-04-28 Gregory Czap , Christoph Wolf , Jose Reina-Gálvez , Mark H. Sherwood , Christopher P. Lutz

Scanning superconducting quantum interference device microscopy (SSM) is a scanning probe technique that images local magnetic flux, which allows for mapping of magnetic fields with high field and spatial accuracy. Many studies involving…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-01-17 P. Reith , X. Renshaw Wang , H. Hilgenkamp

The surface tunneling microscope (STM) method probes the itinerant conduction electron spectrum which is influenced by the presence of collective order parameters. It may in fact be used as a tool to obtain important information about their…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-06-23 Alireza Akbari , Peter Thalmeier

We review the problem of spin decoherence of magnetic atoms deposited on a surface. Recent breakthroughs in scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) make it possible to probe the spin dynamics of individual atoms, either isolated or integrated…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-02-14 F. Delgado , J. Fernández-Rossier

The characterization and manipulation of deposited magnetic clusters or molecules on surfaces is a prerequisite for their future utilization. In recent years techniques like spin-flip inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy using a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-03-25 H. -T. Langwald , J. Schnack

The author presents a method for calculating the magnetic fields near a planar surface of a superconductor with a given intrinsic magnetization in the London limit. He computes solutions for various magnetic domain boundary configurations…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-07-06 Hendrik Bluhm

A numerical model of single-domain nanoscale iron magnets fabricated using scanning-microscope-assisted chemical vapor deposition is simulated using finite-temperature micromagnetics. A Projective-dynamics method is used to determine the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Gregory Brown , M. A. Novotny , Per Arne Rikvold

Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) is a fundamental tool for determination of the surface atomic structure. However, the interpretation of high resolution microscopy images is not straightforward. In this paper we provide a physical…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-07-23 Ruslan Zhachuk , Jose Coutinho

Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) performed with a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) allows for probing the spin excitation of single atomic species with MHz energy resolution. One of the basic applications of conventional EPR is the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-11-10 Tom S. Seifert , Stepan Kovarik , Pietro Gambardella , Sebastian Stepanow

Two improved kMC models for investigations of the magnetic properties of finite-size atomic chains are presented. These models take the possible noncollinearity of magnetic moments into account. The spontaneous remagnetization of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-05-18 Sergey Kolesnikov

We demonstrate on the basis of ab initio simulations how passivated semiconductor surfaces can be exploited to study bulklike interaction properties and wave functions of magnetic impurities on the atomic scale with conventional and…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-05-16 Benjamin Geisler , Peter Kratzer

We demonstrate a combination of computational tools and experimental 4D-STEM methods to image the local magnetic moment in antiferromagnetic Fe$_2$As with 6 angstrom spatial resolution. Our techniques utilize magnetic diffraction peaks,…

The structure of single atoms in real space is investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy. Very high resolution is possible by a dramatic reduction of the tip-sample distance. The instabilities which are normally encountered when using…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Herz , F. J. Giessibl , J. Mannhart

We study a feasibility of precision measurements of surface potentials at micrometer distances using resonant tunneling of cold atoms trapped in vertical optical lattices. A modulation of an amplitude of the lattice potential induces atomic…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Vladyslav V. Ivanov

A comprehensive study of a force detected single-spin magnetic resonance measurement concept with atomic spatial resolution is presented. The method is based upon electrostatic force detection of spin-selection rule controlled…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 A. Payne , K. Ambal , C. Boehme , C. C. Williams