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耦合到超导凝聚体的局域自旋之间的长程和高度可调相互作用

Long range and highly tunable interaction between local spins coupled to a superconducting condensate

Felix Küster, Sascha Brinker, Samir Lounis, Stuart S. P. Parkin, Paolo Sessi

摘要:

将磁性与超导凝聚体相结合正在迅速成为开发创新量子技术的可行途径。在这种情况下,开发合理的设计策略来可控地调节磁矩之间的相互作用是至关重要的。在金属体系中,由传导电子介导的间接相互作用,即所谓的RKKY耦合,已被证明在产生和控制磁现象方面非常有效。然而,尽管有其潜力,使用超导性来控制磁矩之间间接相互作用的符号和强度的可能性仍然在很大程度上未被探索。在这里,我们解决这个问题的极限,展示了最大限度地调整通过超导凝聚体与原子尺度的精度耦合的局部自旋之间的相互作用的可能性。通过使用与超导Nb耦合的Cr原子作为原型系统,我们使用原子操纵技术来精确控制沿不同晶向的局部自旋之间的相对距离,同时通过扫描隧道光谱来感测它们的耦合。我们的研究结果揭示了存在高度各向异性超导体介导的间接耦合之间的本地自旋,持续很长的距离,高达12倍的晶格常数的Nb。此外,我们还证明了通过作用于自旋之间的方向和原子间距离来可控地穿越量子相变的可能性。极高的可调谐性为实现奇异现象,如拓扑超导性和磁超导界面的合理设计提供了新的机会。

英文摘要:

Interfacing magnetism with superconducting condensates is rapidly emerging as a viable route for the development of innovative quantum technologies. In this context, the development of rational design strategies to controllably tune the interaction between magnetic moments is crucial. In the metallic regime, the indirect interaction mediated by conduction electrons, the so-called RKKY coupling, has been proven to be remarkably fertile in creating and controlling magnetic phenomena. However, despite its potential, the possibility of using superconductivity to control the sign and the strength of indirect interactions between magnet moments remains largely unexplored. Here we address this problem at its ultimate limit, demonstrating the possibility of maximally tuning the interaction between local spins coupled through a superconducting condensate with atomic scale precision. By using Cr atoms coupled to superconducting Nb as a prototypical system, we use atomic manipulation techniques to precisely control the relative distance between local spins along different crystallographic directions while simultaneously sensing their coupling by scanning tunneling spectroscopy. Our results reveal the existence of highly anisotropic superconductor-mediated indirect couplings between the local spins, lasting up to very long distances, up to 12 times the lattice constant of Nb. Moreover, we demonstrate the possibility of controllably crossing a quantum phase transition by acting on the direction and interatomic distance between spins. The extremely high tunability provides novel opportunities for the realization of exotic phenomena such as topological superconductivity and the rational design of magneto-superconducting interfaces.

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