Switching of spins and entanglement in surface-supported antiferromagnetic chains.

ABSTRACT: Previous experimental studies discovered universal growth of chains and nanowires of various chemical elements on a corrugated molecular network of Cu₃N on the Cu(110). Herein, performing combined ab initio and quantum Hamiltonian studies we demonstrate that such chains can be used for a fast spin switching and entanglement generation by locally applied magnetic pulses. As an example, we show that in antiferromagnetic Co chains a strong entanglement between ends of chains occurs during spin switching. A novel parity effect in spin dynamics is reported. Even-numbered chains are found to exhibit significantly faster spin switching than odd-numbered counterparts. Moreover, at certain parameters of the system the dimerization effect in the spin dynamics of the chains was found. Our

SUBMITTER: Sivkov IN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5459826 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature