Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2001-09-04
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
4 pages, 6 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.65.180403
Single-molecule magnets facilitate the study of quantum tunneling of magnetization at the mesoscopic level. The spin-parity effect is among the fundamental predictions that have yet to be clearly observed. It is predicted that quantum tunneling is suppressed at zero transverse field if the total spin of the magnetic system is half-integer (Kramers degeneracy) but is allowed in integer spin systems. The Landau-Zener method is used to measure the tunnel splitting as a function of transverse field. Spin-parity dependent tunneling is established by comparing the transverse field dependence of the tunnel splitting of integer and half-integer spin systems.
Bhaduri S.
Boskovic Colette
Christou George
Hendrickson David N.
Wernsdorfer Wolfgang
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