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O: Fachverband Oberflächenphysik
O 3: Focus Session: Spins on Surfaces studied by Atomic Scale Spectroscopies I
O 3.5: Talk
Monday, March 18, 2024, 11:45–12:00, MA 004
Magnetic bound states of iron clusters on a superconductor — •Ankur Das1, Silas Amann1, Nóra Kucska2, András Lászlóffy2, Nicolas Néel1, Balázs Újfalussy2, Levente Rózsa2,3, Krisztián Palotás2,3,4, and Jörg Kröger1 — 1Institut für Physik, Technische Universität Ilmenau, D-98693 Ilmenau, Germany — 2Department of Theoretical Soild-State Physics, HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, H-1525 Budapest, Hungary — 3Department of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Physics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, H-1111 Budapest, Hungary — 4HUN-REN-SZTE Reaction Kinetics and Surface Chemistry Research Group, University of Szeged, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
The magnetic exchange interaction of Fen (n=1-3) clusters with superconducting Pb(111) is probed by scanning tunneling spectroscopy of Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states. The Yu-Shiba-Rusinov resonances are shifted from the coherence peaks in the Fe monomer spectrum towards the Fermi energy in the Fe dimer spectrum. Unexpectedly, the linear Fe trimer does not follow this trend, as it exhibits an almost identical spectrum to the single Fe atom. Kinked Fe trimers in contrast show strong Yu-Shiba-Rusinov resonances well within the Bardeen-CooperSchrieffer energy gap of the substrate. First-principles simulations of the Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states reveal which adsorption geometries and magnetic structures of the clusters can reproduce the experimental spectra most accurately.Funding by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (KR 2912/18-1) is acknowledged.
Keywords: Iron Clusters on Pb(111); Magnetic exchange interaction; Scanning tunneling spectroscopy; Yu-Shiba-Rusinov States