Protection of excited spin states by a superconducting energy gap

Nature Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 765-768

  Heinrich, B W ^a   Braun, L ^a   Pascual, J I ^a,b,c,d   Franke, K J ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b CIC NANOGUNE   (Spain)

^c BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

^d FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MOLECULES; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; SPIN DYNAMICS;

ELECTRICALLY PUMPED; EXCHANGE OF ENERGY; ITINERANT ELECTRONS; MAGNETIC MOLECULES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PARAMAGNETIC MOLECULES; SPIN MANIPULATION; SUPERCONDUCTING ENERGY GAP;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84892575145     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2794     Document Type: Article

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