Abstract
The magnetic resonance line of conduction electrons in solids may exhibit bistable hysteresis if several conditions are fulfilled. Its mechanism is presented and the manifestation of bistability in the ESR of conduction electrons in single crystal and polycrystalline samples is discussed. The characteristics of the dynamics of the bistability show that bistable resonance can be assimilated to one-dimensional overdamped motion of the spin system in the nuclear field space, driven by a bistable potential. It is shown for the first time that noise acting on this bistable resonance can create order, by the phenomenon of stochastic resonance.
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Gourier, D., Binet, L. & Gerbault, D. Hysteresis and memory of the magnetic resonance of conduction electrons in solids. From bistability to stochastic resonance. Appl. Magn. Reson. 14, 183–201 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03161889
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