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Interference effect in the Landau-Zener tunneling of the antiferromagnetically coupled dimer of single-molecule magnets

Dmitry A. Garanin

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PhysicsCondensed Matter - Materials ScienceStatistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)Condensed matter physicsDimerPhase (waves)Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)FOS: Physical sciencesResonanceCondensed Matter::Mesoscopic Systems and Quantum Hall EffectCondensed Matter PhysicsElectronic Optical and Magnetic MaterialsMagnetic fieldMinimal modelchemistry.chemical_compoundTunnel effectchemistryMagnetCondensed Matter - Statistical MechanicsQuantum tunnelling

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Two antiferromagnetically coupled tunneling systems is a minimal model exhibiting the effect of quantum-mechanical phase in the Landau-Zener effect. It is shown that the averaged staying probability oscillates vs resonance shift between the two particles, as well as vs sweeping rate. Such a resonance shift can be produced in Mn-4 dimers by the gradient of the magnetic field.

https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.70.212403