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Spin Relaxation and Yu-Shiba-Rusinov States in Superconducting Graphene
Kochan, Denis
, Barth, Michael
, Costa, Andreas
, Richter, Klaus and Fabian, Jaroslav
(2022)
Spin Relaxation and Yu-Shiba-Rusinov States in Superconducting Graphene.
AIP Conference Proceedings 2551 (1), 040002.
Date of publication of this fulltext: 04 Nov 2022 07:51
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.53153
Abstract
We study theoretically the relaxation of quasi-particle spins in graphene in proximity to an s-wave superconductor in the presence of resonant magnetic and spin-orbit active impurities. It is well known that off resonance, the relaxation behaves as predicted from superconducting coherence: with lower temperatures the spin relaxation increases when electrons scatter off magnetic impurities ...
We study theoretically the relaxation of quasi-particle spins in graphene in proximity to an s-wave superconductor in the presence of resonant magnetic and spin-orbit active impurities. It is well known that off resonance, the relaxation behaves as predicted from superconducting coherence: with lower temperatures the spin relaxation increases when electrons scatter off magnetic impurities (Hebel-Slichter effect), and decreases when the scatterers act via spin-orbit coupling. This distinct temperature dependence, not available in the normal state, can uniquely discriminate between the two scattering mechanisms. We have shown [1] that the Hebel-Slichter picture breaks down when magnetic impurities act resonantly—the emergent Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states inside the gap shift the spectral weight of the magnetic resonances and thus suppress their interaction with quasi-particle states. As a consequence this leads to a significant decrease of the spin-relaxation rate at lower temperatures. Our findings are valid for generic s-wave superconductors that host resonant magnetic impurities.
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| Item type | Article | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title | AIP Conference Proceedings | ||||
| Publisher: | American Institute of Physics | ||||
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| Volume: | 2551 | ||||
| Number of Issue or Book Chapter: | 1 | ||||
| Page Range: | 040002 | ||||
| Date | 9 September 2022 | ||||
| Institutions | Physics > Institute of Theroretical Physics > Chair Professor Richter > Group Klaus Richter Physics > Institute of Theroretical Physics > Chair Professor Richter > Group Jaroslav Fabian | ||||
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| Keywords | superconductivity, graphene, spin relaxation, resonance, Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states, Hebel-Slichter effect | ||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 500 Science > 530 Physics | ||||
| Status | Published | ||||
| Refereed | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg | Yes | ||||
| URN of the UB Regensburg | urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-531534 | ||||
| Item ID | 53153 |
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