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The low temperature spin dynamics of a Fe8 Single-Molecule Magnet was studied under circularly polarized electromagnetic radiation allowing us to establish clearly photon-assisted tunneling. This effect, while linear at low power, becomes…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 L. Sorace , W. Wernsdorfer , C. Thirion , A. -L. Barra , M. Pacchioni , D. Mailly , B. Barbara

The dependence of the magnetic susceptibility on the magnetic field is investigated for the single molecular magnet [Mn(hfac)$_2$NITPh]$_6$. The spikes of the susceptibility detected in a magnetic field ranging from 90 T to 285 T are…

Laser cooled lanthanide atoms are ideal candidates with which to study strong and unconventional quantum magnetism with exotic phases. Here, we use state-of-the-art closed-coupling simulations to model quantum magnetism for pairs of…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2018-06-06 Ming Li , Eite Tiesinga , Svetlana Kotochigova

We develop a theory for spin transport and magnetization dynamics in a quantum-dot spin valve, i.e., two magnetic reservoirs coupled to a quantum dot. Our theory is able to take into account effects of strong correlations. We demonstrate…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-01-09 N. M. Gergs , S. A. Bender , R. A. Duine , D. Schuricht

The identification of spin-nematic states is challenging due to the absence of Bragg peaks. However, the study of dynamical physical quantities provides a promising avenue for characterizing these states. In this study, we investigate the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-02-20 Tsutomu Momoi

Spin transfer torque and spin pumping are central reciprocal phenomena in spintronics. These phenomena occur in hybrid systems of normal metals and magnets. Spin transfer is the conversion of spin currents in metals to a torque on the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-08-17 Arne Brataas

We investigate spin dynamics in antiferromagnetic (AF) molecular rings at finite temperature in the presence of spin-phonon (s-p) interaction. We derive a general expression for the spin susceptibility in the weak s-p coupling limit and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Leonardo Spanu , Alberto Parola

A distribution of internal transverse magnetic fields has been observed in single molecule magnet (SMM) Mn12-BrAc in the pure magnetic quantum tunneling (MQT) regime. Magnetic relaxation experiments at 0.4 K are used to produce a hole in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 E. del Barco , A. D. Kent , N. E. Chakov , L. N. Zakharov , A. L. Rheingold , D. N. Hendrickson , G. Christou

Recent experiments have demonstrated long spin lifetimes in uniformly n-doped quantum wells. The spin dynamics of exciton, localized, and conduction spins are important for understanding these systems. We explain experimental behavior by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-05-02 N. J. Harmon , W. O. Putikka , R. Joynt

We report Hall sensor measurements of the magnetic relaxation of Mn$_{12}$ acetate as a function of magnetic field applied along the easy axis of magnetization. Data taken at a series of closely-spaced temperatures between 0.24 K and 1.4 K…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 K. M. Mertes , Y. Zhong , M. P. Sarachik , Y. Paltiel , H. Shtrikman , E. Zeldov , E. Rumberger , D. N. Hendrickson

Molecular nanomagnets, besides promising to open new frontiers in technology, have attracted huge interest in the scientific community because they can exhibit the phenomenon known as quantum tunnelling of the magnetization, i.e. coherent…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Carretta , P. Santini , E. Liviotti , N. Magnani , R. Caciuffo , T. Guidi , G. Amoretti

We present an accurate quantum mechanical study of molecule-molecule collisions in the presence of a magnetic field. The work focusses on the analysis of elastic scattering and spin relaxation in collisions of O2(3Sigma_g) molecules at cold…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2012-02-06 T. V. Tscherbul , Yu. V. Suleimanov , V. Aquilanti , R. V. Krems

The optically induced polarization of localized electron spins in an ensemble of quantum dots (QDs) dephases due to the interaction with the surrounding nuclear spins. Despite this dephasing, the spins in the QDs can be controlled to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-04-08 P. Schering , G. S. Uhrig

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,…

The ability to discriminate between simultaneously occurring noise sources in the local environment of semiconductor InGaAs quantum dots, such as electric and magnetic field fluctuations, is key to understanding their respective dynamics…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-11-18 Megan J. Stanley , Clemens Matthiesen , Jack Hansom , Claire Le Gall , Carsten H. H. Schulte , Edmund Clarke , Mete Atatüre

Dynamical magnetic and nuclear polarization in complex spin systems is discussed on the example of transfer of spin from exciton to the central spin of magnetic impurity in a quantum dot in the presence of a finite number of nuclear spins.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 Ramin M. Abolfath , Anna Trojnar , Bahman Roostaei , Thomas Brabec , Pawel Hawrylak

Temporal evolution of a macroscopic condensate of ultra cold atoms is usually driven by mean field potentials, either due to scattering between atoms or due to coupling to external fields; and coherent quantum dynamics have been observed in…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-13 Jun Liang Song , Fei Zhou

Probing collective spin dynamics is a current challenge in the field of magnetic resonance spectroscopy and has important applications in material analysis and quantum information protocols. Recently, the rare-earth ion doped crystals are…

We study the macroscopic quantum tunneling of magnetization of the F=1 spinor condensate interacting through dipole-dipole interaction with an external magnetic field applied along the longitudinal or transverse direction. We show that the…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Limin Yang , Yunbo Zhang

We present muon spin lattice relaxation measurements in the V15 spin 1/2 molecular nano-magnet. We find that the relaxation rate in low magnetic fields (<5 kG) is temperature independent below ~10 K, implying that the molecular spin is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-08-28 Z. Salman , R. F. Kiefl , K. H. Chow , W. A. MacFarlane , T. Keeler , T. Parolin , S. Tabbara , D. Wang