Single-Spin Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy

Abstract

IBM and its subcontractors achieved the major goal of this contract: the detection of individual electron spins by magnetic resonance force microscopy (MRFM). To achieve this result a number of key elements were developed, including a low temperature apparatus capable of detecting ultrasmall (attonewton) forces, specialized cantilever force sensors, methods for manipulating and detecting electron spins with random initial polarization, etc. In addition, both theoretical and experimental work has been performed to study MRFM detection of nuclear spins.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 31, 2005
Accession Number
ADA440745

Entities

People

  • Alfred Hero
  • Daniel Rugar
  • John Sidles

Organizations

  • International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computational Complexity
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Frequency Shift
  • Information Processing
  • Kalman Filters
  • Low Temperature
  • Magnetic Resonance
  • Measurement
  • Polarization
  • Quantum Computing
  • Quantum Information
  • Resonance
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Scattering
  • Signal Processing
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems