title: Ab initio theory for femtosecond spin dynamics, angle-resolved fidelity analysis, and the magneto-optical Kerr effect in the Ni3(CH3OH) and Co3(+)(CH3OH) clusters.
abstract: We present a systematic analysis of the ab initio controlled femtosecond spin dynamics in Ni3(CH3OH) and Co3(+)(CH3OH) clusters achieved by a spin-orbit-coupling enabled Λ process. The distortion caused by the attachment of CH3OH to one of the active magnetic centers of the Ni3 and the Co3(+) clusters induces asymmetric geometries which result in well localized spin densities on the magnetic centers. With the use of high-level quantum chemistry methods, successful spin-flip scenarios are demonstrated for both clusters. In order to assess the experimental accessibility of those effects, we compute their tolerance with respect to two laser pulse parameters, i.e., the energy detuning as well as the deviation of the polar angle ϕ from its optimized value. Finally, we calculate the magneto-optical Kerr effect in order to connect to the susceptibility tensor χ as an experimentally measurable quantity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Research Center OPTIMAS, University of Kaiserslautern, P.O. Box 3049, 67653 Kaiserslautern, Germany.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chaudhuri
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Research Center OPTIMAS, University of Kaiserslautern, P.O. Box 3049, 67653 Kaiserslautern, Germany.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Research Center OPTIMAS, University of Kaiserslautern, P.O. Box 3049, 67653 Kaiserslautern, Germany.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lefkidis
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Research Center OPTIMAS, University of Kaiserslautern, P.O. Box 3049, 67653 Kaiserslautern, Germany.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hübner