2010/03/31 by Sergey Smirnov · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Magnetic properties of thin films #Quantum and electron transport phenomena #Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices #cond-mat.mes-hall
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevb.81.214425
published as Physical Review B 81, 214425 (2010) · Published version, 6 pages, 4 figures
openalex publication_date 2010/06/17 · arxiv created 2010/06/22 · arxiv updated 2010/06/23 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/04
We investigate the Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida oscillations of the itinerant carrier spin density in a system where those oscillations appear only due to a finite distribution of a localized spin. The system represents a half-infinite one-dimensional quantum wire with a magnetic impurity located at its edge. In contrast to the conventional model of a pointlike exchange interaction the itinerant carrier spin-density oscillations in this system exist. We analytically demonstrate that when the radius of the exchange interaction is less than the wavelength of the itinerant carriers living on the Fermi surface, the long-range behavior of the oscillations is identical to the one taking place in the zero-radius limit of the same exchange interaction but for an infinite one-dimensional quantum wire where, in comparison with the original half-infinite system, the mass of the itinerant carriers is strongly modified by the exchange interaction radius. On the basis of our analysis we make a suggestion on directionality of surface Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida interaction shown in recent experiments: we believe that in general the anisotropy of the Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida interaction could result not only from the anisotropy of the Fermi surface of itinerant carriers but also from the anisotropy of the spin carrying atomic orbitals of magnetic impurities.