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Observation of Kondo cloud-coupling in a mirror-symmetric carbon nanotube array-molybdenum structure
Zheng Wei1,2, Zhisheng Peng3, Yu-Hao Wan3,4
1Nanofabrication Laboratory, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, China.
Abstract:
Magnetic impurities in a non-magnetic metal are screened by conduction electrons, forming a spin cloud known as a Kondo cloud. Experimental detection of this Kondo screening cloud in dilute magnetic alloys remains challenging. Here we show evidence of Kondo clouds and their coupling in devices composed of mirror-symmetric carbon nanotube arrays separated by a molybdenum strip. The Kondo effect in these devices depends sensitively on the width of the molybdenum strip. For widths of 0.3-1.2 micrometers and 1.5-3.0 micrometers, the Kondo temperature forms two plateaus at about 107.8 kelvin and 15.8 kelvin, respectively. These results are explained by the formation of Kondo clouds and by intra-edge and inter-edge coupling within molybdenum. Calculations based on a two-spin model reproduce the two plateaus and their crossover. These findings may open opportunities for applications in spintronics and quantum computing.
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