Quantum Entanglement of a Tunneling Spin with Mechanical Modes of a Torsional Resonator

We solve the Schrödinger equation for various quantum regimes describing a tunneling macrospin coupled to a torsional oscillator. The energy spectrum and freezing of spin tunneling are studied. Magnetic susceptibility, noise spectrum, and decoherence due to entanglement of spin and mechanical modes...

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Main Authors: D. A. Garanin, E. M. Chudnovsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2011-08-01
Series:Physical Review X
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.1.011005