Landau-Zener tunneling with many-body quantum effects in crystals of molecular magnets

  • Li Bin Fu*
  • , Shi Gang Chen
  • , Bambi Hu
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We present a quantum interpretation of the heights in hysteresis of Fe 8 molecule at lower temperatures by treating the crystal as an Ising spin system with the dipolar interaction between spins. Then we apply it to two limit cases: rapid and adiabatic regions. Our theoretical analysis is in agreement with the experimental observation in these regions, which indicates that the steps in hysteresis loops of magnetization of Fe8 at lower temperatures show a pure quantum process.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)460-464
Number of pages5
JournalPhysics Letters A
Volume323
Issue number5-6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 29 Mar 2004

User-Defined Keywords

  • 74.50.+r
  • 75.45.+j
  • 75.60.Ej
  • Dipolar interaction
  • Landau-Zener tunneling
  • Molecular magnets

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