MACROSCOPIC QUANTUM TUNNELING EFFECTS OF BLOCH WALLS IN SMALL FERROMAGNETIC PARTICLES

被引:32
作者
PAULSEN, C
SAMPAIO, LC
BARBARA, B
TUCOULOUTACHOUERES, R
FRUCHART, D
MARCHAND, A
THOLENCE, JL
UEHARA, M
机构
[1] CNRS,LAB MAGNETISME LOUIS NEEL,F-38042 GRENOBLE,FRANCE
[2] CNRS,CRISTALLOG LAB,F-38042 GRENOBLE,FRANCE
[3] NATL RES INST MET,SAKURA,IBARAKI 305,JAPAN
来源
EUROPHYSICS LETTERS | 1992年 / 19卷 / 07期
关键词
FINE-PARTICLE SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC AFTEREFFECTS; OTHER TOPICS IN MAGNETIC PROPERTIES AND MATERIALS;
D O I
10.1209/0295-5075/19/7/013
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
The magnetic relaxation of a set of small ferromagnetic particles of Tb0.5Ce0.5Fe2 of mean diameter 150 angstrom has been measured at low temperature (down to 50 mK) and with a field up to 8 Tesla. A change between thermally activated and temperature-independent relaxation has been observed near T(c) = 0.6 Y, All the results obtained at low temperature are consistent with theoretical predictions of Macroscopic Quantum Tunnelling with weak dissipation in a ferromagnetic system.
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页码:643 / 648
页数:6
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