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We consider tunneling transport through a Mn$_{12}$ molecular magnet using spin density functional theory. A tractable methodology for constructing many-body wavefunctions from Kohn-Sham orbitals allows for the determination of…
A general theory is developed for describing the nonlinear relaxation of spin systems from a strongly nonequilibrium initial state, when, in addition, the sample is coupled to a resonator. Such processes are characterized by nonlinear…
We report a successful measurement of the magnetic field-induced spin singlet-triplet transition in silicon-based coupled dot systems. Our specific experimental scheme incorporates a lateral gate-controlled Coulomb-blockaded structure in Si…
Dissipative spin-tunneling transitions at biased resonances in molecular magnets such as Mn-12 Ac are controlled by the dipolar field that can bring the system on and off resonance. It is shown that this leads to spin relaxation in form of…
Strong hyperfine coupling in a 0.2% Holmium doped LiYF_4 single crystal induces staircaselike hysteresis loops of the magnetization at very low temperatures. The field sweep rate dependence of hysteresis loops allows the study of two…
A key to building functional devices on the basis of single molecule magnets in the framework of molecular electronics is the ability to deposit and study these molecules on a surface, because the structural, electronic and magnetic…
The nuclear spin is a prime candidate for quantum information applications due to its weak coupling to the environment and inherently long coherence times. However, this weak coupling also challenges the addressability of the nuclear spin.…
A novel angle-swept high-frequency EPR (HFEPR) technique is described that enables in-situ alignment of single-crystal samples containing low-symmetry magnetic species such as single-molecule magnets (SMMs). This cavity-based method…
We study transition matrices for projected dynamics in the energy-magnetization space, magnetization space and energy space. Several single spin flip dynamics are considered such as the Glauber and Metropolis canonical ensemble dynamics and…
We propose the use of resonant tunneling as a route to enhance the spin-transfer torque switching characteristics of magnetic tunnel junctions. The proposed device structure is a resonant tunneling magnetic tunnel junction based on a…
The magnetic relaxation and hysteresis of a system of single domain particles with dipolar interactions are studied by Monte Carlo simulations. We model the system by a chain of Heisenberg classical spins with randomly oriented easy-axis…
We show that in the presence of ferromagnetic electronic reservoirs and spin-dependent tunnel couplings, molecular vibrations in nonmagnetic single molecular transistors induce an effective intramolecular exchange magnetic field. It…
Using the superfield nonequilibrium Greens function technique, we derive the spatio-temporal spin magnetization quantum transport equations (SMQTEs) for a two-band model of semiconductors. The relevant variables are the real (Pauli-Dirac)…
Well-protected magnetization, tunable quantum states and long coherence time are desired for the use of magnetic molecules in spintronics and quantum information technologies. In this work, endohedral fullerene molecules M@C28 with…
The effect of spin-disorder scattering on perpendicular transport in a magnetic monolayer is considered within the single-site Coherent Potential Approximation (CPA). The exchange interaction between a conduction electron and localized…
Measuring the magnetoresistance (MR) of ultraclean {\it GaAs} two-dimensional holes in a large $r_s$ range of 20-50, two striking behaviors in relation to the spin-orbit coupling (SOC) emerge in response to strong electron-electron…
Here, a dynamical Monte-Carlo (DMC) method is used to study temperature-dependent dynamical magnetization of famous Mn2Ni system as typical example of single-chain magnets with strong magnetic anisotropy. Simulated magnetization curves are…
We study spin accumulation and spin relaxation in a superconducting nanowire. Spins are injected and detected by using a set of magnetic tunnel contact electrodes, closely spaced along the nanowire. We observe a giant enhancement of the…
This paper presents a physics-based modeling framework for the analysis and transient simulation of circuits containing Spin-Transfer Torque (STT) Magnetic Tunnel Junction (MTJ) devices. The framework provides the tools to analyze the…
We demonstrate a wide-band all-optical method of nanoscale magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy under ambient conditions. Our method relies on cross-relaxation between a probe spin, the electronic spin of a nitrogen-vacancy centre in…