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Origin of slow magnetic relaxation in Kramers ions with non-uniaxial anisotropy

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  • Silvia Gómez-Coca

    (Departament de Química Inorgànica and Institut de Recerca de Química Teòrica i Computacional, Universitat de Barcelona)

  • Ainhoa Urtizberea

    (Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón, CSIC—Universidad de Zaragoza)

  • Eduard Cremades

    (Departament de Química Inorgànica and Institut de Recerca de Química Teòrica i Computacional, Universitat de Barcelona)

  • Pablo J. Alonso

    (Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón, CSIC—Universidad de Zaragoza
    Universidad de Zaragoza)

  • Agustín Camón

    (Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón, CSIC—Universidad de Zaragoza
    Universidad de Zaragoza)

  • Eliseo Ruiz

    (Departament de Química Inorgànica and Institut de Recerca de Química Teòrica i Computacional, Universitat de Barcelona)

  • Fernando Luis

    (Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón, CSIC—Universidad de Zaragoza
    Universidad de Zaragoza)

Abstract

Transition metal ions with long-lived spin states represent minimum size magnetic bits. Magnetic memory has often been associated with the combination of high spin and strong uniaxial magnetic anisotropy. Yet, slow magnetic relaxation has also been observed in some Kramers ions with dominant easy-plane magnetic anisotropy, albeit only under an external magnetic field. Here we study the spin dynamics of cobalt(II) ions in a model molecular complex. We show, by means of quantitative first-principles calculations, that the slow relaxation in this and other similar systems is a general consequence of time-reversal symmetry that hinders direct spin–phonon processes regardless of the sign of the magnetic anisotropy. Its magnetic field dependence is a subtle manifestation of electronuclear spin entanglement, which opens relaxation channels that would otherwise be forbidden but, at the same time, masks the relaxation phenomenon at zero field. These results provide a promising strategy to synthesize atom-size magnetic memories.

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  • Silvia Gómez-Coca & Ainhoa Urtizberea & Eduard Cremades & Pablo J. Alonso & Agustín Camón & Eliseo Ruiz & Fernando Luis, 2014. "Origin of slow magnetic relaxation in Kramers ions with non-uniaxial anisotropy," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 5(1), pages 1-8, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:5:y:2014:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms5300
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5300
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