Coherence in magnetic quantum tunneling

Details Coherence in magnetic quantum tunneling Coherence in magnetic quantum tunneling

2001-10-25

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0110540v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

4 pages, 3 figures

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Currently, spin tunneling at very low temperatures is assumed to proceed as an incoherent sequence of events that take place whenever a bias field h(t) that varies randomly with time t becomes sufficiently small, as in Landau-Zener transitions. We study the behavior of a suitably defined coherence time t_p. Coherence effects become significant when t_p >= t_h$, where t_h is the correlation time for h(t). The theory of tunneling of Prokof'ev and Stamp (PS), which rests on the assumption that t_p <= t_h, is extended beyond this constraint. It is shown, both analytically and numerically, that t_p >= t_h when t_h*dh <= h, where dh is the rms deviation of h. Equations that give t_p and the tunneling rate as a function of t_h*dh both for t_h*dh>=h, where the theory of PS hold, and for t_h*dh <= h, where it does not, are derived.

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