Spin-phase interference, coherent superposition, and quantum tunneling at excited levels in nanoantiferromagnets

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2001, Pages

  Lü, Rong ^a   Zhu, Jia Lin ^a   Zhou, Yi ^a   Gu, Bing Lin ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

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Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; MAGNETISM; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0035421155     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.64.064423     Document Type: Article

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