Enhanced Antiferromagnetic Exchange between Magnetic Impurities in a Superconducting Host
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Yao, N. Y., L. I. Glazman, E. A. Demler, M. D. Lukin, and J. D. Sau. 2014. “Enhanced Antiferromagnetic Exchange Between Magnetic Impurities in a Superconducting Host.” Physical Review Letters 113 (8) (August). doi:10.1103/physrevlett.113.087202.Abstract
It is generally believed that superconductivity only weakly affects the indirect exchange betweenmagnetic impurities. If the distance r between impurities is smaller than than the superconducting
coherence length \((r \lesssim \xi)\) , this exchange is thought to be dominated by RKKY interactions, identical
to the those in a normal metallic host. This perception is based on a perturbative treatment of
the exchange interaction. Here, we provide a non-perturbative analysis and demonstrate that the
presence of Yu-Shiba-Rusinov bound states induces a strong \(1/r^2\) anti-ferromagnetic interaction that
can dominate over conventional RKKY even at distances significantly smaller than the coherence
length \((r\ll \xi )\). Experimental signatures, implications and applications are discussed.
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