Measurement of fast electron spin relaxation times with atomic resolution

Science

Volumn 329, Issue 5999, 2010, Pages 1628-1630

  Loth, Sebastian ^a   Etzkorn, Markus ^b   Lutz, Christopher P ^a   Eigler, D M ^a   Heinrich, Andreas J ^a  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; IRON;

COPPER; ELECTRON; IRON; PROBE; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SCANNING TUNNELLING MICROSCOPY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ATOM; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FAST ELECTRON RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; RELAXATION TIME; SOLID STATE;

EID: 77957366596     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1191688     Document Type: Article

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