Single magnetic molecule between conducting leads: Effect of mechanical rotations

Authors

Reem Jaafar, CUNY Lehman College
Eugene M. Chudnovsky, CUNY Lehman CollegeFollow
Dmitry A. Garanin, CUNY Lehman CollegeFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2010

Abstract

We study spin-rotation effects in a magnetic molecule bridge d between two conducting leads. Dy- namics of the total angular momentum couples spin tunneling to the mechanical rotations. Landau- Zener spin transition produced by the time-dependent magne tic field generates a unique pattern of mechanical oscillations that can be detected by measuring t he electronic tunneling current through the molecule.

Comments

This work was originally published in EPL, available at DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/89/27001.