Quantum Entanglement of a Tunneling Spin with Mechanical Modes of a Torsional Resonator

Physical Review X

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-7

  Garanin, D A ^a   Chudnovsky, E M ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetism; Nanophysics; Spintronics

Indexed keywords

DECOHERENCE; DINGER EQUATION; ENERGY SPECTRA; MAGNETIC MOLECULES; NANOPHYSICS; NANORESONATORS; NOISE SPECTRA; SPIN TUNNELING; TORSIONAL OSCILLATOR; TORSIONAL RESONATOR;

MAGNETISM; MAGNETOELECTRONICS;

MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY;

EID: 84865066932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21603308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.1.011005     Document Type: Article

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