2009/02/28 by Oren Shafir, Amit Keren
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Electron Spin Resonance Studies #Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes #Magnetism in coordination complexes #cond-mat.str-el
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevb.79.180404
published as Phys. Rev. B 79, 180404(R) (2009) · 5 pages, 4 figures
openalex publication_date 2009/05/11 · arxiv created 2009/05/13 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Photons emitted by transition between the discrete levels of single molecular magnets might obey the elementary condition for Dicke's super-radiance. We investigate this possibility in the Fe8 molecule where magnetization jumps are known to occur at discrete magnetic-field values. We found energy bursts each time the molecule undergoes a magnetization jump, confirming their quantum nature. A series of tests indicated that photons carry out the energy and that indeed these photons obey the elementary conditions for super-radiance.