Kondo lattice

Kondo lattice spin polaron
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Spin polaron
Transport through Peapods
Coulomb interaction in the KLM
Transport in CNT ropes
Imprint

Coulomb interaction effects and electron spin relaxation in the 1d Kondo lattice model

Publication - accepted by Phys. Rev. B - arxiv:1011.3404 (2010)

Phase diagram of the KLM with Coulomb interaction We study the effects of the Coulomb interaction in the one dimensional Kondo lattice model on the phase diagram, the static magnetic susceptibility and electron spin relaxation. We show that onsite Coulomb interaction supports ferromagnetic order and nearest neighbor Coulomb interaction drives, depending on the electron filling, either a paramagnetic or ferromagnetic order. Furthermore we calculate electron quasiparticle life times, which can be related to electron spin relaxation and decoherence times, and explain their dependence on the strength of interactions and the electron filling in order to find the sweet spot of parameters where the relaxation time is maximized. We find that effective exchange processes between the electrons dominate the spin relaxation and decoherence rate.
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