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We report results from Monte Carlo simulations of systems of magnetic dipoles that relax through quantum tunneling, much as Fe_8 crystals at very low temperature.For short times, a hole develops in suitably defined magnetic field…

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A mesoscopic spin valve is used to determine the effective spin polarization of electrons tunneling from and into ferromagnetic transition metals at finite voltages. The tunneling spin polarization from the ferromagnet (FM) slowly decreases…

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The detailed theoretical understanding of quantum spin dynamics in various molecular magnets is an important step on the roadway to technological applications of these systems. Quantum effects in both ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Michael N. Leuenberger , Florian Meier , Daniel Loss

We present low temperature magnetometry measurements on a new Mn3 single-molecule magnet (SMM) in which the quantum tunneling of magnetization (QTM) displays clear evidence for quantum mechanical selection rules. A QTM resonance appearing…

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Spin-resolved electron symmetry filtering is a key mechanism behind giant tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) in Fe/MgO/Fe and similar magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs), providing room temperature functionality in modern spin electronics.…

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The periodic flashing potential has proven to be a powerful tool for investigating directed atomic currents. By applying the flashing ring-shaped potential to spin-orbit (SO) coupled, noninteracting Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) systems,…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2024-06-28 Zhiqiang Li , Xiaoxiao Hu , Zhao-Yun Zeng , Ai-Xi Chen , Xiaobing Luo

We present a quantum interpretation of the heights in hysteresis of $Fe_{8}$ molecule at lower temperatures by treating the crystal as an Ising spin system with the dipolar interaction between spins. Then we apply it to two limit cases :…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 Li-Bin Fu , Shi-Gang Chen , Bambi Hu

We analyze inelastic cotunneling through an interacting quantum dot subject to an ambient magnetic field in the weak tunneling regime under a non-adiabatic time-dependent bias-voltage. Our results clearly exhibit photon-assisted satellites…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Bing Dong , X. L. Lei , Norman J. M. Horing

We focus on a recently experimentally realized scenario of normal-metal-insulator-superconductor tunnel junctions coupled to a superconducting resonator. We develop a first-principles theory to describe the effect of photon-assisted…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-09-29 Matti Silveri , Hermann Grabert , Shumpei Masuda , Kuan Yen Tan , Mikko Möttönen

Single-molecule magnets are among the most promising platforms for achieving molecular-scale data storage and processing. Their magnetisation dynamics are determined by the interplay between electronic and vibrational degrees of freedom,…

We study low temperature resonant spin tunneling in molecular magnets induced by a field sweep with account of dipole-dipole interactions. Numerical simulations uncovered formation of self-organized patterns of the magnetization and of the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2012-02-21 D. A. Garanin , E. M. Chudnovsky

The quantum tunneling of the magnetization vector are studied theoretically in single-domain ferromagnetic nanoparticles placed in an external magnetic field at an arbitrarily directed angle in the $ZX$ plane. We consider the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 Rong Lu , Jia-Lin Zhu , Zhi-Rong Liu , Lee Chang , Bing-Lin Gu

Commercially successful magnetic tunnel junction can harness the unmatched capabilities of molecular device elements by solving decade-old fabrication issues. Utilization of magnetic tunnel junction as a testbed for molecules also enables…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-08-10 Pawan Tyagi , Christopher Riso

A Mn4 single-molecule magnet (SMM) is used to show that quantum tunneling of magnetization (QTM) is not suppressed by moderate three dimensional exchange coupling between molecules. Instead, it leads to an exchange bias of the quantum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 R. Tiron , W. Wernsdorfer , N. Aliaga-Alcalde , D. N. Hendrickson , G. Christou

Precise magnetic hysteresis measurements of small single crystals of Mn$_{12}$ acetate of spin 10 have been conducted down to 0.4 K using a high sensitivity Hall magnetometer. At higher temperature (>1.6K) step-like changes in magnetization…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Andrew D. Kent , Yicheng Zhong , Louisa Bokacheva , Daniel Ruiz , David N. Hendrickson , M. P. Sarachik

We use neutron diffraction to probe the magnetization components of a crystal of Mn12 single-molecule magnets. Each of these molecules behaves, at low temperatures, as a nanomagnet with spin S = 10 and strong anisotropy along the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 F. Luis , J. Campo , J. Gomez , G. J. McIntyre , J. Luzon , D. Ruiz-Molina

We analyze the linear thermoelectric transport properties of devices with three quantum dots in a star configuration. A central quantum dot is tunnel-coupled to source and drain electrodes and to two additional quantum dots. For a wide…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-12-21 J. A. Andrade , Pablo S. Cornaglia

We study the impact of coherently generated lattice photons on an atomic Mott insulator subjected to a uniform force. Analogous to an array of tunnel-coupled and biased quantum dots, we observe sharp, interaction-shifted photon-assisted…

Transport and non-equilibrium magnetization in monolayers of magnetic molecules subject to a bias voltage are considered. We apply a master-equation approach going beyond the sequential-tunneling approximation to study the Coulomb-blockade…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Florian Elste , Carsten Timm

A scanning tunneling microscope can probe the inelastic spin excitations of a single magnetic atom in a surface via spin-flip assisted tunneling in which transport electrons exchange spin and energy with the atomic spin. If the inelastic…

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