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Josephson effect through an anisotropic magnetic molecule

I. A. Sadovskyy, D. Chevallier, T. Jonckheere, M. Lee, S. Kawabata, T. Martin

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.184513 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

We study the Josephson effect through a magnetic molecule with anisotropic properties. Performing calculations in the tunneling regime, we show that the exchange coupling between the electron spin on the molecule and the molecular spin can trigger a transition from the π state to the 0 state, and we study how the spin anisotropy affects this transition. We show that the behavior of the critical current as a function of an external magnetic field can give access to valuable information about the spin anisotropy of the molecule.

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