Superradiance from crystals of molecular nanomagnets

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作者
Chudnovsky, EM
Garanin, DA
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[1] CUNY Herbert H Lehman Coll, Dept Phys & Astron, Bronx, NY 10468 USA
[2] Univ Mainz, Inst Phys, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.157201
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We show that crystals of molecular nanomagnets can exhibit giant magnetic relaxation due to the Dicke superradiance of electromagnetic waves. Rigorous theory is presented that combines superradiance with the Landau-Zener effect.
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