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Tunable spin-polaron state in a singly clamped semiconducting carbon nanotube

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2015-10-27 v1

Abstract

We consider a semiconducting carbon nanotube (CNT) laying on a ferromagnetic insulating sub-strate with one end depassing the substrate and suspended over a metallic gate. We assume that the polarised substrate induces an exchange interaction acting as a local magnetic field for the electrons in the non-suspended CNT side. Generalizing the approach of I. Snyman and Yu.V. Nazarov [Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 076805 (2012)] we show that one can generate electrostatically a tun-able spin-polarized polaronic state localized at the bending end of the CNT. We argue that at low temperatures manipulation and detection of the localised quantum spin state is possible.

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@article{arxiv.1505.05742,
  title  = {Tunable spin-polaron state in a singly clamped semiconducting carbon nanotube},
  author = {F. Pistolesi and R. Shekhter},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1505.05742},
  year   = {2015}
}