Bound spin-excitons in two-dimensional electron gas

A theory of the spin exciton capture by a magnetic impurity in a 2D electron gas is developed. We consider the resonance model for electron scattering by a transition metal impurity and calculate the binding potential for spin excitons. This potential is spin selective and is capable of binding a spin exciton with zero angular momentum. In order to trap an exciton with a nonzero angular momentum m, the potential must exceed a certain threshold value, depending on m.Comment: 11 pages, 3 figure

Time-dependent single electron tunneling through a shuttling nano-island

We offer a general approach to calculation of single-electron tunneling spectra and conductance of a shuttle oscillating between two half-metallic leads with fully spin polarized carriers. In this case the spin-flip processes are completely suppressed and the problem may be solved by means of canonical transformation, where the adiabatic component of the tunnel transparency is found exactly, whereas the non-adiabatic corrections can be taken into account perturbatively. Time-dependent corrections to the tunnel conductance of moving shuttle become noticeable at finite bias in the vicinity of the even/odd occupation boundary at the Coulomb diamond diagram.Comment: 12 pages, 4 figure

Collective excitations in a magnetically doped quantized Hall ferromagnet

A theory of collective states in a magnetically quantized two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) with half-filled Landau level (quantized Hall ferromagnet) in the presence of magnetic 3d impurities is developed. The spectrum of bound and delocalized spin-excitons as well as the renormalization of Zeeman splitting of the impurity 3d levels due to the indirect exchange interaction with the 2DEG are studied for the specific case of n-type GaAs doped with Mn where the Lande` g-factors of impurity and 2DEG have opposite signs. If the sign of the 2DEG g-factor is changed due to external influences, then impurity related transitions to new ground state phases, presenting various spin-flip and skyrmion-like textures, are possible. Conditions for existence of these phases are discussed. PACS: 73.43.Lp, 73.21.Fg, 72.15.RnComment: 32 pages including 7 figures. To be published in Phys. Rev.

Ferromagnetic ordering in dilute magnetic dielectrics with and without free carriers

The state of art in the theoretical and experimental studies of transition metal doped oxides (dilute magnetic dielectrics) is reviewed. The available data show that the generic non-equilibrium state of oxide films doped with magnetic impurities may either favor ferromagnetism with high Curie temperature or result in highly inhomogeneous state without long-range magnetic order. In both case concomitant defects (vacancies, interstitial ions play crucial part.Comment: 10 pages, 3 figures. The paper was presented at the Moscow Internation Symposium on Magnetism (MISM-08). To be published in Journ. Magnetism and Magnetic Material

Kondo Lattice without Nozieres Exhaustion Effect

We discuss the properties of layered Anderson/Kondo lattices with metallic electrons confined in 2D xy planes and local spins in insulating layers forming chains in z direction. Each spin in this model possesses its own 2D Kondo cloud, so that the Nozieres' exhaustion problem does not occur. The excitation spectrum of the model is gapless both in charge and spin sectors. The disordered phases and possible experimental realizations of the model are briefly discussed.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure