Proton Spin Relaxation Induced by Quantum Tunneling in Fe8 Molecular Nanomagnet

Abstract

The spin-lattice relaxation rate $T_1^{-1}$ and NMR spectra of ${}^1$H in single crystal molecular magnets of Fe8 have been measured down to 15 mK. The relaxation rate $T_1^{-1}$ shows a strong temperature dependence down to 400 mK. The relaxation is well explained in terms of the thermal transition of the iron state between the discreet energy levels of the total spin S=10. The relaxation time $T_1$ becomes temperature independent below 300 mK and is longer than 100 s. In this temperature region stepwise recovery of the ${}^1$H-NMR signal after saturation was observed depending on the return field of the sweep field. This phenomenon is attributed to resonant quantum tunneling at the fields where levels cross and is discussed in terms of the Landau-Zener transition.

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