title: Macrospin tunneling and magnetopolaritons with nanomechanical interference.
abstract: We theoretically address the quantum dynamics of a nanomechanical resonator coupled to the macrospin of a magnetic nanoparticle by both instanton and perturbative approaches. We demonstrate suppression of the tunneling between opposite magnetizations and destruction of magnetopolaritons (coherent magnetomechanical oscillations) by nanomechanical interference. The predictions can be verified experimentally by a molecular magnet attached to a nanomechanical bridge.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.
authors.forename: Alexey A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Kovalev
authors.forename: Lorien X
authors.initials: LX
authors.lastname: Hayden
authors.forename: Gerrit E W
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: Yaroslav
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tserkovnyak