Giant electron-spin g factors in a ferromagnetic nanoparticle

We utilize single-electron tunneling spectroscopy to measure the discrete energy levels in a nanometer-scale cobalt particle at T = 60 mK, and find effective single-electron spin g factors [approximate] 7.3. These large g factors do not result from the typical orbital contribution to g factors, sinc...

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Published in:Physical review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics Condensed matter and materials physics, 2013-08, Vol.88 (7), Article 075303
Main Authors: Gartland, P., Birk, F. T., Jiang, W., Davidović, D.
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