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Probing spin-glass dynamics with 1/f Noise

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Abstract

We have measured the 1/f noise in the electrical resistance of CuMn wires of varying thickness (10nm-80nm) in order to explore the dynamics of the spin-glass state. We use a cooling protocol suitable for comparison between experiment and recent simulations. We use the fluctuation dissipation theorem to compare our measurements with earlier measurements made of the out-of-phase component of the ac susceptibility in thin films and find good agreement. The frequency dependence of the noise indicates a crossover from two-dimensional to three-dimensional dynamics with increasing thickness. We provide a physical interpretation of a previously phenomenological result for this frequency dependence.

Presenters

  • David Harrison

    University of Minnesota

Authors

  • David Harrison

    University of Minnesota

  • E. Dan Dahlberg

    University of Minnesota

  • Raymond Orbach

    University of Texas at Austin, Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Texas materials institute, University of Texas at Austin