Topological phase interference effects in resonant quantum tunneling of the Néel vector between nonequivalent magnetic wells in mesoscopic single-domain antiferromagnets

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 349-361

  Lü, Rong ^a   Hu, Hui ^a   Zhu, Jia Lin ^a   Wang, Xiao Bing ^a   Chang, Lee ^a   Gu, Bing Lin ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 0007428301     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100510050139     Document Type: Article

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