Studies of spin-orbit scattering in noble-metal nanoparticles using energy level tunneling spectroscopy

Details Studies of spin-orbit scattering in noble-metal nanoparticles using energy level tunneling spectroscopy Studies of spin-orbit scattering in noble-metal nanoparticles using energy level tunneling spectroscopy

2001-06-21

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0106452v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

4 pages, 3 figures, 1 in color

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.266801

The effects of spin-orbit scattering on discrete electronic energy levels are studied in copper, silver, and gold nanoparticles. Level-to-level fluctuations of the effective $g$-factor for Zeeman splitting are characterized, and the statistics are found to be well-described by random matrix theory predictions. The strength of spin-orbit scattering increases with atomic number and also varies between nanoparticles made of the same metal. The spin-orbit scattering rates in the nanoparticles are in order-of-magnitude agreement with bulk measurements on disordered samples.

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