Quantum Tunneling and Quantum-Classical Transitions in Large Spin Systems

Details Quantum Tunneling and Quantum-Classical Transitions in Large Spin Systems Quantum Tunneling and Quantum-Classical Transitions in Large Spin Systems

2000-03-28

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0003440v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

4 pages, Phys. Rev. B 61, 8639 (2000)

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.61.8639

We have studied quantum tunneling of large spins in a biaxial spin system and in a single-axial spin system with a transverse magnetic field. The asymptotically exact eigenvalues and eigenstates of the spin systems are obtained by solving the Mathieu equation. When the height $4q$ of energy barrier formed by the anisotropy and the magnetic field exceeds some critical values $4q_{1T}(r)$, the ground states and the excited states split due to tunneling of large spins. We also have presented the phase diagram of these spin systems in the extremely weak spin-phonon coupling limit. The crossover from thermal to quantum regime is second order. With further decreasing temperature, the first order phase transition occurs from a thermally-assisted resonant tunneling to thermal regime as $q

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