Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2004-05-21
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
6 pages, 1 figure
Scientific paper
In a recent paper, cond-mat/0405331 (Ref. 1), del Barco et al. reported experimental studies on a Ni4 molecular system. They used an experimental method (combining microwave spectroscopy with high sensitivity magnetic measurements) that we have introduced before, cond-mat/0404410 (see also Ref. 2 and 3). Among other things, our technique allows us to monitor spin-state populations in the presence of microwave magnetic fields. Absorption line-widths give rough 'upper bounds' on the decoherence rate similar to 'standard' high frequency electron paramagnetic resonance (HF-EPR) techniques. In the case of quasi continuous radiation our technique does NOT give directly the spin-lattice relaxation time T1. For measurements like those of del Barco et al., it simply gives access to the phonon-bottleneck time, a parameter that is many orders of magnitude longer than the spin-lattice relaxation time. Any conclusion concerning quantum coherence is preliminary.
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