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Title: Spin coherence in a Mn{sub 3} single-molecule magnet

Journal Article · · Applied Physics Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4940437· OSTI ID:22489364
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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089 (United States)
  2. Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 (United States)

Spin coherence in single crystals of the spin S = 6 single-molecule magnet (SMM) [Mn{sub 3}O(O{sub 2}CEt){sub 3}(mpko){sub 3}]{sup +} (abbreviated Mn{sub 3}) has been investigated using 230 GHz electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy. Coherence in Mn{sub 3} was uncovered by significantly suppressing dipolar contribution to the decoherence with complete spin polarization of Mn{sub 3} SMMs. The temperature dependence of spin decoherence time (T{sub 2}) revealed that the dipolar decoherence is the dominant source of decoherence in Mn{sub 3} and T{sub 2} can be extended up to 267 ns by quenching the dipolar decoherence.

OSTI ID:
22489364
Journal Information:
Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 108, Issue 4; Other Information: (c) 2016 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English