SPIN RELAXATION WITH BISTABLE PRECESSION

被引:9
作者
GRIGOLINI, P
KENKRE, VM
VITALI, D
机构
[1] UNIV PISA, DIPARTMENTO FIS, I-56100 PISA, ITALY
[2] UNIV NEW MEXICO, DEPT PHYS & ASTRON, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87131 USA
[3] SCUOLA NORMALE SUPER PISA, I-56100 PISA, ITALY
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1991年 / 44卷 / 02期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.44.1015
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We study the effects of the reaction field on the spin relaxation. We find that they are not only responsible for a nonlinear frction process, as recently pointed out by several authors, but, in the case of sufficiently strong coupling, they also result in a bistable precession process. This implies that at weak temperatures the rate of the spin relaxation is expected to exhibit an Arrhenius-like dependence on temperature.
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页码:1015 / 1021
页数:7
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