Magnetic Order and Long-Range Interactions in Mesoscopic Ising Chains

TL;DR

This paper explores how geometrical modifications in mesoscopic Ising chains can tune magnetic orderings, demonstrating experimental control over magnetic phases and potential applications in optimization problems.

Contribution

It introduces a method to control magnetic phases in mesoscopic Ising chains through geometrical modulation of long-range interactions, validated by experimental fabrication techniques.

Findings

Magnetic phases can be tuned between antiferromagnetic and dimer antiferromagnetic.

Experimental fabrication confirms the feasibility of controlling magnetic order.

Thermal annealing enables the attainment of desired magnetic structures.

Abstract

We investigate the design of magnetic ordering in one-dimensional mesoscopic magnetic Ising chains by modulating long-range interactions. These interactions are affected by geometrical modifications to the chain, which adjust the energy hierarchy and the resulting magnetic ground states. Consequently, the magnetic ordering can be tuned between antiferromagnetic and dimer antiferromagnetic phases. These phases are experimentally observed in chains fabricated using both conventional electron-beam lithography and ion implantation techniques, demonstrating the feasibility of controlling magnetic properties at the mesoscale. The ability of attaining these magnetic structures by thermal annealing, underlines the potential of using such systems instead of simulated annealers in tackling combinatorial optimization tasks.