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The tunneling of a giant spin at excited levels is studied theoretically in mesoscopic magnets with a magnetic field at an arbitrary angle in the easy plane. Different structures of the tunneling barriers can be generated by the…

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The properties of nanoscopic superconducting structures fabricated with a scanning tunnelling microscope are reviewed, with emphasis on the effects of high magnetic fields. These systems include the smallest superconducting junctions which…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 J. G. Rodrigo , H. Suderow , S. Vieira , E. Bascones , F. Guinea

We derive the quantization of magnetic helicity in the solid-state and demonstrate tunable macroscopic quantum tunneling, coherence, and oscillation for a skyrmion spin texture stabilized in frustrated magnets. We also discuss the parameter…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-09-29 Christina Psaroudaki , Christos Panagopoulos

Characteristic results of magnetism in small particles and thin films are presented. As a consequence of the reduced atomic coordination in small clusters and thin films the electronic states and density of states modify. Thus magnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 K. H. Bennemann

Prompted by the longstanding interpretational controversy in quantum mechanics, quantum tunneling is heuristically addressed within the Everettian quantum multiverse. In this framework, the universal wavefunction splits into decohered…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-28 S. E. Ennadifi

We consider an effect of a strong magnetic field on the ground state and macroscopic coherent tunneling in small antiferromagnetic particles with uniaxial and biaxial single-ion anisotropy. We find several tunneling regimes that depend on…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 B. A. Ivanov , V. E. Kireev

We study macroscopic quantum coherence in antiferromagnetic molecular magnets in the presence of magnetic fields. Such fields generate artificial tunnel barriers with externally tunable strength. We give detailed semi-classical predictions…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 Alain Chiolero , Daniel Loss

Recent progress in physics on spin dependent transport in magnetic nanostructures is reviewed. Special attention is paid on the spin accumulation and spin current caused by spin injection into non-magnetic metals and semiconductors and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Maekawa

Low-dimensional quantum magnetism presents a seemingly unlimited source of rich, intriguing physics. Yet, as realistic experimental representations are hard to come by, the field remains predominantly theoretical. In recent years,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-04-21 A Spinelli , M P Rebergen , A F Otte

High energy resolution spectroscopic studies of quantum magnets have proven to be extremely valuable in directly accessing magnetodynamics quantities, such as energy barriers, magnetic interactions, lifetime of excited states and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-02-17 Sascha Brinker , Felix Küster , Stuart S. P. Parkin , Paolo Sessi , Samir Lounis

In this paper, we attempt the theoretical modeling of the magnetic tunnel junctions with embedded magnetic and nonmagnetic nanoparticles (NPs). A few abnormal tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) effects, observed in related experiments, can be…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-07-04 Arthur Useinov , Niazbeck Useinov , Lin-Xiu Ye , Te-Ho Wu , Chih-Huang Lai

The tunnel splitting in biaxial antiferromagnetic particles is studied with a magnetic field applied along the hard anisotropy axis. We observe the oscillation of tunnel splitting as a function of the magnetic field due to the quantum phase…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-08-17 Yi-Hang Nie , Yan-Hong Jin , J. -Q. Liang , H. J. W. Müller-Kirsten , D. K. Park , F. -C. Pu

We discuss the possible influence of a cosmic magnetic field on the macroscopic quantum tunneling process associated, in a cosmological context, to the decay of the "false vacuum." We find a close analogy with the effects of an external…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-21 A. Barone , M. Gasperini , G. Rotoli

In recent years, studies on cyclic molecular nanomagnets have captivated the attention of researchers. These magnets are finite in size and contain very large spins. They are interesting because they possess macroscopic quantum tunneling of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-29 S. A. Owerre , J. Nsofini

Magnetization measurements of Mn12 molecular nanomagnets with spin ground states of S = 10 and S = 19/2 showresonance tunneling at avoided energy level crossings. The observed oscillations of the tunnel probability as a function of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 W. Wernsdorfer , N. E. Chakov , G. Christou

This News & Views article provides a perspective on the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics, including the groundbreaking discovery of macroscopic quantum tunneling and energy quantization in superconducting circuits, the history and causes giving…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-21 J. Q. You

Magnetic nano-skyrmions develop quantized helicity excitations, and the quantum tunneling between nano-skyrmions possessing distinct helicities is indicative of the quantum nature of these particles. Experimental methods capable of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-01-09 Christina Psaroudaki , Elias Peraticos , Christos Panagopoulos

We examine the quantum tunneling of magnetization in molecular spin in weak interaction with a bath subject to Redfield master equation. By designing a microscopic model for a multilevel spin system using only a generic Hamiltonian and…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-12-27 Le Tuan Anh Ho , Liviu Ungur , Liviu F. Chibotaru

We consider the process of quantum tunneling between the superconducting and paramagnetic states of a nanometer-scale superconducting grain placed in a magnetic field. The grain is supposed to be coupled via tunneling junction to a normal…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-07 A. V. Lopatin , V. M. Vinokur

Nanomagnets form the building blocks for a gamut of miniaturized energy-efficient devices including data storage, memory, wave-based computing, sensors and biomedical devices. They also offer a span of exotic phenomena and stern challenges.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-12-02 Anjan Barman , Sucheta Mondal , Sourav Sahoo , Anulekha De