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We consider a spin-fermion model consisting of free electrons coupled to classical spins, where the latter are embedded in a quasi one-dimensional superlattice structure consisting of spin blocks separated by spinless buffers. Using a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-09-30 Sabyasachi Tarat , Jian Li , Richard T. Scalettar , Rubem Mondaini

In order to study the interplay between Kondo and Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida (RKKY) interaction, we calculate the spin-spin correlation functions between two Kondo impurities coupled to different sites of a half-filled open Hubbard…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-02-28 A. C. Tiegel , P. E. Dargel , K. A. Hallberg , H. Frahm , T. Pruschke

We propose a physical mechanism to generate and selectively amplify anisotropic Rudermann-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida (RKKY) interactions between two local spins. The idea is to combine the deflection of the carrier velocity by a P-N interface and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-06-05 Shu-Hui Zhang , Jia-Ji Zhu , Wen Yang , Kai Chang

The chapter combines analytical (statistical-thermodynamic and kinetic) with numerical (Kubo-Greenwood-formalism-based) approaches used to ascertain an influence of the configurations of point (impurities, vacancies) and line (grain…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-06-04 T. M. Radchenko , V. A. Tatarenko , I. Yu. Sagalianov , Yu. I. Prylutskyy

We consider the effects of magnetic impurities on the surface of superconducting Cu doped $Bi_{2}Se_{3}$ in the odd parity pairing phase which support topologically protected Majorana fermions surface states with linear spectrum. We show…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-01-11 Ting-Pong Choy , K. T. Law , Tai-Kai Ng

We calculate the temperature dependent long-range magnetic coupling in the presence of dilute concentrations of random magnetic impurities in chiral multilayer two-dimensional semimetals, i.e., undoped intrinsic multilayer graphene.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-04-17 Hongki Min , E. H. Hwang , S. Das Sarma

We present a theory of both the itinerant carrier-mediated RKKY interaction and the virtual excitations-mediated Bloembergen-Rowland (BR) interaction between magnetic moments in graphene induced by proximity effect with a ferromagnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-10-30 Jin Yang , Jian Li , Liangzhong Lin , Jia-Ji Zhu

We theoretically study the impacts of linear spin-orbit coupling (SOC) on the Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida interaction between magnetic impurities in two kinds of three-dimensional noncentrosymmetric systems. It has been found that linear…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-09-15 Shi-Xiong Wang , Hao-Ran Chang , Jianhui Zhou

Understanding skyrmion-skyrmion interactions is crucial for effectively manipulating the motion of multiple skyrmions in racetrack and logic devices. However, the fundamental nature and microscopic origins of these interactions remain…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-27 Xuchong Hu , Huaiyang Yuan , Xiangrong Wang

Phosphorene is an anisotropic puckered two-dimensional ($2$D) hexagonal lattice of phosphorus atoms. The edge modes in a zigzag phosphorene nanoribbon (ZPNR) are quasi-flat in nature and fully isolated from the bulk states, which are unique…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-06-20 SK Firoz Islam , Paramita Dutta , A. M. Jayannavar , Arijit Saha

We investigate the effective couplings induced between localized impurities on the surface of a Weyl semimetal (WSM) nanowire within the framework of Ruderman--Kittel--Kasuya--Yosida (RKKY) theory. The itinerant electrons from the chiral…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-10-14 Rohit Mukherjee , Asutosh Dubey

We determine theoretically the interaction between two magnetic impurities embedded in a spin-split $s$-wave superconductor. The spin-splitting in the superconductor gives rise to two different interaction types between the impurity spins,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-02-07 Atousa Ghanbari , Jacob Linder

We first present a simple proof that for any bipartite lattice at half filling the RKKY interaction is antiferromagnetic between impurities on opposite (i.e., A and B) sublattices and is ferromagnetic between impurities on the same…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-11-26 Saeed Saremi

Recent neutron scattering and thermodynamic measurements suggest that Weyl electrons in the emergent Weyl semimetal SmAlSi mediate unconventional magnetic interactions and induce spiral magnetic order. In this work, we investigate the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-08-18 Lasin Thaivalappil , Rahul Verma , Hsin Lin , Bahadur Singh , Shin-Ming Huang

We study the Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida effective exchange interaction between magnetic impurities embedded on the edges of transition-metal dichalcogenide flakes, using a three-orbital tight-binding model. Electronic states lying midgap…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-12-02 Oscar Ávalos-Ovando , Diego Mastrogiuseppe , Sergio E. Ulloa

We demonstrate a 20-fold enhancement in the strength of the RKKY interlayer exchange in dilute-ferromagnet/normal-metal multilayers by incorporating ultrathin Fe layers at the interfaces. Additionally, the resulting increase in the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-08-26 Dmytro M. Polishchuk , Milton Persson , Mykola M. Kulyk , Erik Holmgren , Gabriele Pasquale , Vladislav Korenivski

We extend the original work of Ruderman, Kittel, Kasuya, and Yosida (RKKY) on the interaction between two magnetic moments embedded in an electron gas to the case where the electron gas is spin polarized. The broken symmetry of a host…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-11-25 Mohammad Mahdi Valizadeh , Sashi Satpathy

In this letter, we demonstrate switching of nanomagnets through RKKY interactions in topological insulator-based magnetoelectric devices. The switching speed is dependent on the size of the ferromagnets.

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-02-24 Bahniman Ghosh , Urmimala Roy , Rik Dey , Tanmoy Pramanik , Leonard F. Register , Sanjay K. Banerjee

We have carried out a generalized Schrieffer-Wolff transformation of an Anderson two-impurity Hamiltonian to study the low-energy spin interactions of the system. The second-order expansion yields the standard Kondo Hamiltonian for two…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-05-23 T. Tzen Ong , B. A. Jones

Two-dimensional (2D) materials provide a platform for developing novel spintronic devices and circuits for low-power electronics. In particular, inducing magnetism and injecting spins in graphene have promised the emerging field of graphene…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-04-04 Junxiong Hua , Jiangbo Luo , Yuntian Zheng , Jiayu Chen , Ganesh Ji Omar , Andrew Thye Shen Wee , A. Ariando