Creating order from random fluctuations in small spin ensembles

Science

Volumn 307, Issue 5708, 2005, Pages 408-411

  Budakian, R ^a   Mamin, H J ^a   Chui, B W ^a   Rugar, D ^a  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLARIZATION; RELAXATION PROCESSES; STATISTICS;

ELECTRON SPINS; RANDOM FLUCTUATIONS; SPIN SYSTEMS;

ELECTRONS;

PHYSICS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FORCE; GAMMA RADIATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MICROSCOPY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PIEZOELECTRICITY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 12344250622     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1106718     Document Type: Article

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20. We thank J. Sidles, K. Holczer, and A. Hero for discussions and D. Pearson and M. Sherwood for technical assistance. This work was supported by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Three-Dimensional Atomic-Scale Imaging program administered through the U.S. Army Research Office.