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Coherent Spin-Current Oscillations in Transverse Magnetic Fields
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Coherent Spin-Current Oscillations in Transverse Magnetic Fields

Robin Steinigeweg, Stephan Langer, Fabian Heidrich-Meisner, Ian P. McCulloch and Wolfram Brenig
Physical review letters, Vol.106(16), p.160602
22/04/2011
PMID: 21599345

Abstract

Physical Sciences Physics Physics, Multidisciplinary Science & Technology
We address the coherence of the dynamics of spin-currents with components transverse to an external magnetic field for the spin-1/2 Heisenberg chain. We study current autocorrelations at finite temperatures and the real-time dynamics of currents at zero temperature. Besides a coherent Larmor oscillation, we find an additional collective oscillation at higher frequencies, emerging as a coherent many-magnon effect at low temperatures. Using numerical and analytical methods, we analyze the oscillation frequency and decay time of this coherent current-mode versus temperature and magnetic field.

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