OBSERVATION OF MACROSCOPIC SPIN PHENOMENA IN NANOMETER-SCALE MAGNETS

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AWSCHALOM, DD
MCCORD, MA
GRINSTEIN, G
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.783
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O4 [物理学];
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A scanning tunneling microscope is used to locally deposit arrays of nanometer-scale magnets directly within the superconducting planar input coil of an integrated dc SQUID microsusceptometer. Low-temperature frequency-dependent magnetic-susceptibility measurements reveal a narrow resonance which grows and becomes independent of decreasing temperature. Studies as a function of magnet volume, spacing, and applied field are compared to recent predictions for magnetic macroscopic quantum tunneling in small particles. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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