| Issue |
EPL
Volume 78, Number 2, April 2007
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|---|---|---|
| Article Number | 27003 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | Condensed Matter: Electronic Structure, Electrical, Magnetic and Optical Properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/78/27003 | |
| Published online | 02 April 2007 | |
Quantum tunneling of magnetization in single molecular magnets coupled to ferromagnetic reservoirs
1
Department of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University - 61-614 Poznań, Poland
2
Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences - 60-179 Poznań, Poland
Corresponding author: barnas@amu.edu.pl
Received:
28
December
2006
Accepted:
6
March
2007
The role of spin polarized reservoirs in quantum tunneling of magnetization and relaxation processes in a single molecular magnet (SMM) is investigated theoretically. The SMM is exchange-coupled to the reservoirs and also subjected to a magnetic field varying in time, which enables the quantum tunneling of magnetization. The spin relaxation times are calculated from the Fermi golden rule. The exchange interaction of SMM and electrons in the leads is shown to affect the spin reversal due to quantum tunneling of magnetization. It is shown that the switching is associated with transfer of a certain charge between the leads.
PACS: 75.50.Xx – Molecular magnets / 75.60.Jk – Magnetization reversal mechanisms / 75.45.+j – Macroscopic quantum phenomena in magnetic systems
© Europhysics Letters Association, 2007
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