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We consider here the problem of a "central spin", with spin quantum number $S \gg 1$, interacting with a set of microscopic spins. Interactions between the microscopic spins are ignored. This model describes magnetic grains or magnetic…

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We study the spin-polarization mechanism in the highly dense nuclear matter with the relativistic mean-field approach. In the relativistic Hartree-Fock framework we find that there are two kinds of spin-spin interaction channels, which are…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-06 Tomoyuki Maruyama , Toshitaka Tatsumi

It is shown that magnetic states and field-driven reorientation transitions in synthetic antiferromagnets crucially depend on contributions of higher-order anisotropies. A phenomenological macrospin model is derived to describe the magnetic…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-11 A. N. Bogdanov , U. K. Roessler

CrX$_3$ (X = Cl, Br, I) have the same crystal structure and Hamiltonian but different ligand spin-orbit coupling (SOC) constant $\lambda_X$, providing excellent material platform exploring for exotic two-dimensional (2D) spin orders. Their…

Magnonics is an emerging field widely considered as a paradigm shift in information technology that uses spin waves for data storage, processing and transmission. However, the coherent control of spin waves in 2D magnets still remains a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-04-01 Sourav Dey , Gonzalo Rivero-Carracedo , Andrei Shumilin , Carlos Gonzalez-Ballestero , José J. Baldoví

We introduce a spin-orbit assisted electron-phonon (e-ph) coupling mechanism for carriers in semiconductor quantum wells and predict qualitatively the form and shape of anticrossings between the cyclotron resonance (CR) and optical (LO and…

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The complexity of interactions between the crystal-field and unusual non-collinear spin arrangement in non-trivial magnets demands novel tools to unravel the mystery underneath. In this work, we study such interaction dynamics of…

Surface plasmons are the collective electron excitations in metallic systems and the associated electromagnetic wave usually has the transverse magnetic (TM) polarization. On the other hand, spin waves are the spin excitations perpendicular…

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This study focuses on the synthesis and characterization of advanced polymeric composite electrospun nanofibers (NFs) containing magnetic oxide nanoparticles (NPs). By leveraging the method of electrospinning, the research aims to…

Achieving robust room-temperature ferromagnetism in purely organic 2D crystals remains a fundamental challenge, primarily due to antiferromagnetic (AFM) coupling mediated by {\pi}-electron superexchange. Here, we present a mix-topology…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-08-26 Hongde Yu , Thomas Heine

Among spin-crossover complexes, Fe-porphyrin (FeP) stands out for molecular spintronic applications: An intricate, yet favourable balance between ligand fields, charge transfer, and the Coulomb interaction makes FeP highly manipulable,…

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Here we systematically investigate the impact of the spin direction on the electronic and optical properties of transition metal phosphorus trichalcogenides (MPX$_3$, M=Mn, Ni, Fe; X=S, Se) exhibiting various antiferromagnetic arrangement…

Motivated by the experimental observation that superconductivity in bulk doped SrTiO$_{3}$ is enhanced as a putative ferroelectric quantum critical point (FE-QCP) is approached, we study the pairing instability of a cubic system in which…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-05-06 Maria N. Gastiasoro , Thaís V. Trevisan , Rafael M. Fernandes

Contrary to the usual picture that decoherence destroys quantum properties and causes the quantum-to-classical transition, we argue that decoherence can also play a constructive role in driving quantum dynamics and amplifying its results to…

Biological Physics · Physics 2012-08-24 Markus Tiersch , Hans J. Briegel

Magnetoplasmonics is highly promising to devise active optical elements: modulating the plasmon resonance condition with magnetic field can boost the performance of refractometric sensors and nanophotonic optical devices. Nevertheless, real…

The richness in both the dispersion and energy of antiferromagnetic magnons has spurred the magnetism community to consider antiferromagnets for future spintronic/magnonic applications. However, the excitation and control of…

Antiferromagnetism couples electron spin to its orbital motion, thus allowing excitation of electron-spin transitions by an ac electric rather than magnetic field - with absorption, exceeding that of common electron spin resonance at least…

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Rare-earth ion doped crystals are state-of-the-art platforms for processing quantum information, particularly thanks to their excellent optical and spin coherence properties at cryogenic temperatures. Experimental observations have shown…

We demonstrate a scalable new ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) technique based on the spin-orbit interaction. An alternating current drives FMR in uniform ferromagnetic structures patterned from the dilute magnetic semiconductors (Ga,Mn)As and…

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