2016
DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.94.045420
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Extremely long-lived magnetic excitations in supported Fe chains

Abstract: We report on a theoretical study of the lifetime of the first excited state of spin chains made of an odd number of Fe atoms on Cu 2 N/Cu(100). Yan et al (Nat. Nanotech. 10, 40 (2015)) recently observed very long lifetimes in the case of Fe 3 chains. We consider the decay of the first excited state induced by electron-hole pair creation in the substrate. For a finite magnetic field, the two lowest-lying states in the chain have a quasi-Néel state structure.Decay from one state to the other strongly depends on … Show more

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“…The skyrmion state is then stable when it is the ground state but also when it is an excited state. However, the system described by equation ( 1) is not alone in space; the spin structure in figure 1 is adsorbed on a metal surface and the inelastic collision of an electron from the substrate on one of the structure sites can induce a transition from the upper state to the lower state (electron-hole pair creation) and is responsible for the finite lifetime of the excited state (see a discussion of the decay rate induced by electron-hole pair creation in [50,59] and the application to spin decay in [60][61][62][63]). This process can involve thermally excited electrons but the decay is already present at vanishing temperature.…”
Section: Stability Of the Skyrmion And Ferromagnetic Structuresmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The skyrmion state is then stable when it is the ground state but also when it is an excited state. However, the system described by equation ( 1) is not alone in space; the spin structure in figure 1 is adsorbed on a metal surface and the inelastic collision of an electron from the substrate on one of the structure sites can induce a transition from the upper state to the lower state (electron-hole pair creation) and is responsible for the finite lifetime of the excited state (see a discussion of the decay rate induced by electron-hole pair creation in [50,59] and the application to spin decay in [60][61][62][63]). This process can involve thermally excited electrons but the decay is already present at vanishing temperature.…”
Section: Stability Of the Skyrmion And Ferromagnetic Structuresmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As we have already noted, a thin insulating layer of Cu 2 N on Cu(001) significantly reduces decoherence in atomic-scale nanostructures and spin entanglement was detected at low temperatures 24,45 . Very long lifetime of spin states for antiferromagnetic chains on a Cu 2 N was found in experiments and explained by entanglement of spins in chains 46,47 . Additionally, in antiferromagnetically coupled quantum spin chains, studied in the present work, the stability of spin entanglement against thermal noise can be significantly enhanced by engineering of single-modulus parameters 22 .…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 81%
“…Such features are vital for the transmission of classical information along well-defined crystal axes. 20 Finally, the formation of mixed crystals utilizing diamagnetic moiety 2 to dilute the spin concentration will make it possible to study temperature-and concentration-dependent anisotropic exchange interactions with electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy.…”
Section: ■ Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Furthermore, the layered tetragonal nature of UCLA-NO not only insulates the nitroxide rotors between the 2D-nets formed by 3 and 4 , but it also allows for the application of transverse magnetic fields along specific crystallographic faces of the MOF. Such features are vital for the transmission of classical information along well-defined crystal axes . Finally, the formation of mixed crystals utilizing diamagnetic moiety 2 to dilute the spin concentration will make it possible to study temperature- and concentration-dependent anisotropic exchange interactions with electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%