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  • Title: Dynamical Negative Differential Resistance in Antiferromagnetically Coupled Few-Atom Spin Chains.
    Author: Rolf-Pissarczyk S, Yan S, Malavolti L, Burgess JAJ, McMurtrie G, Loth S.
    Journal: Phys Rev Lett; 2017 Nov 24; 119(21):217201. PubMed ID: 29219401.
    Abstract:
    We present the appearance of negative differential resistance (NDR) in spin-dependent electron transport through a few-atom spin chain. A chain of three antiferromagnetically coupled Fe atoms (Fe trimer) was positioned on a Cu_{2}N/Cu(100) surface and contacted with the spin-polarized tip of a scanning tunneling microscope, thus coupling the Fe trimer to one nonmagnetic and one magnetic lead. Pronounced NDR appears at the low bias of 7 mV, where inelastic electron tunneling dynamically locks the atomic spin in a long-lived excited state. This causes a rapid increase of the magnetoresistance between the spin-polarized tip and Fe trimer and quenches elastic tunneling. By varying the coupling strength between the tip and Fe trimer, we find that in this transport regime the dynamic locking of the Fe trimer competes with magnetic exchange interaction, which statically forces the Fe trimer into its high-magnetoresistance state and removes the NDR.
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