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Long-range ordering is typically associated with a decrease in entropy. Yet, it can also be driven by increasing entropy in certain special cases. We demonstrate that artificial spin ice arrays of single-domain nanomagnets can be designed…

We present a novel approach to spin manipulation in atomic-scale nanostructures. Our ab initio calculations clearly demonstrate that it is possible to tune magnetic properties of sub-nanometer structures by adjusting the geometry of the…

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This paper presents the analysis of metasurfaces, here called reconfigurable intelligent surface. The analysis is performed by numerical simulations that implement the finite-difference time-domain method. The metasurface has been modeled…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-09-25 Emanuel Colella , Luca Bastianelli , Valter Mariani Primiani , Franco Moglie

We model the dynamics of magnetization in an artificial analog of spin ice specializing to the case of a honeycomb network of connected magnetic nanowires. The inherently dissipative dynamics is mediated by the emission, propagation and…

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Strongly-interacting nanomagnetic arrays are ideal systems for exploring reconfigurable magnonics. They provide huge microstate spaces and integrated solutions for storage and neuromorphic computing alongside GHz functionality. These…

Proceeding from the more general to the more concrete, we propose an equilibrium field theory describing spin ice systems in terms of topological charges and magnetic monopoles. We show that for a spin ice on a graph, the entropic…

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The spin-orbit interaction in semiconductors is shown to result in an anisotropic contribution into the exchange Hamiltonian of a pair of localized conduction-band electrons. The anisotropic exchange interaction exists in semiconductor…

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Solvent-mediated interactions emerge from complex mechanisms that depend on the solute structure, its wetting properties and the nature of the liquid. While numerous studies have focused on the two first influences, here, we compare results…

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A mixed spin-1/2 and spin-3/2 Ising model on a decorated square lattice with a nearest- neighbor interaction, next-nearest-neighbor bilinear interaction, three-site four-spin in- teraction and single-ion anisotropy is exactly investigated…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-08-23 Viliam Štubňa , Michal Jaščur

Magnetic charge propagation in bulk frustrated materials has yielded a paradigm-shift in science, allowing the symmetry between electricity and magnetism to be studied. Recent work is now suggesting magnetic charge dynamics upon the…

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Nanomagnetism concerns the engineering of magnetic interactions in heterostructures that consist of layers of magnetic and non-magnetic materials. Mostly, these interactions are dominated by the minimization of energy. Here, we propose an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-05-21 William Huddie , Laura Filion , Marjolein Dijkstra , Rembert Duine

We investigate dipolar coupling fields in two square-lattice artificial spin ice (ASI) systems with different lattice constants using scanning probe microscopy based on a single nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond. This technique offers…

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In two-dimensional (2D) superconductors an insulating state can be induced either by applying a magnetic field, $H$, or by increasing disorder. Many scenarios have been put forth to explain the superconductor to insulator transition (SIT):…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-03-27 M. Mograbi , E. Maniv , P. K. Rout , D. Graf , J. -H Park , Y. Dagan

We report a novel approach to the question of whether and how the ground state can be achieved in square artificial spin ices where frustration is incomplete. We identify two types of disorder: quenched disorder in the island response to…

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Geometrical designs of interacting nanomagnets have been studied extensively in the form of two dimensional arrays called artificial spin ice. These systems are usually designed to create geometrical frustration and are of interest for the…

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Recent experiments on semiconductor quantum dots have demonstrated the ability to utilize a large quantum dot to mediate superexchange interactions and generate entanglement between distant spins. This opens up a possible mechanism for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-29 Kuangyin Deng , Edwin Barnes

We analyze changes in the thermodynamic properties of a spin system when it passes from the classical two-dimensional Ising model to the spin glass model, where spin-spin interactions are random in their values and signs. Formally, the…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2020-02-06 Boris Kryzhanovsky , Magomed Malsagov , Iakov Karandashev

When an amorphous solid is deformed cyclically, it may reach a steady state in which the paths of constituent particles trace out closed loops that repeat in each driving cycle. A remarkable variant has been noticed in simulations where the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-08-26 Nathan C. Keim , Joseph D. Paulsen

This paper investigates interaction-induced symmetry breaking in circular quantum dots. We explain that the anisotropic static Wigner molecule ground states frequently observed in simulations are created by interference effects that occur…

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