Modified approach to single-spin detection using magnetic resonance force microscopy

Journal Article · Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2000 · Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.61.3524· OSTI ID:20215334

Berman, Gennady P ^[1]; Tsifrinovich, Vladimir I ^[2]

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1. Theoretical Division, T-13, MS B213, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)
2. IDS Department, Polytechnic University, Six Metrotech Center, Brooklyn, New York 11201 (United States)

The magnetic moment of a single spin interacting with a cantilever in magnetic resonance force microscopy (MRFM) experiences quantum jumps in orientation rather than smooth oscillations. These jumps cannot be detected by a conventional MRFM based on observation of driven resonant oscillations of a cantilever. In this paper, we propose a method which should allow detection of the magnetic signal from a single spin using a modification of a conventional MRFM. We estimate the opportunity to detect the magnetic signal from a single proton. (c) 2000 The American Physical Society.

• OSTI ID: 20215334
• Journal Information: Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Vol. 61, Issue 5; Other Information: PBD: 1 Feb 2000; ISSN 1098-0121
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
SPIN
FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS
MICROSCOPY
OSCILLATIONS
MAGNETIC MOMENTS
MAGNETIC RESONANCE
THEORETICAL DATA