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Correlation-driven transport asymmetries through coupled spins in a tunnel junction

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  • Matthias Muenks

    (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research)

  • Peter Jacobson

    (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research)

  • Markus Ternes

    (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research)

  • Klaus Kern

    (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
    Institut de Physique, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)

Abstract

Spin–spin correlations can be the driving force that favours certain ground states and are key in numerous models that describe the behaviour of strongly correlated materials. While the sum of collective correlations usually lead to a macroscopically measurable change in properties, a direct quantification of correlations in atomic scale systems is difficult. Here we determine the correlations between a strongly hybridized spin impurity on the tip of a scanning tunnelling microscope and its electron bath by varying the coupling to a second spin impurity weakly hybridized to the sample surface. Electronic transport through these coupled spins reveals an asymmetry in the differential conductance reminiscent of spin-polarized transport in a magnetic field. We show that at zero field, this asymmetry can be controlled by the coupling strength and is related to either ferromagnetic or antiferromagnetic spin–spin correlations in the tip.

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  • Matthias Muenks & Peter Jacobson & Markus Ternes & Klaus Kern, 2017. "Correlation-driven transport asymmetries through coupled spins in a tunnel junction," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 8(1), pages 1-7, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:8:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms14119
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14119
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