Spatially dependent Kondo effect in quantum corrals.
We study the Kondo screening of a single magnetic impurity inside a nonmagnetic quantum corral located on the surface of a metallic host system. We show that the spatial structure of the corral's eigenmodes leads to a spatially dependent Kondo effect whose signatures are spatial variations of the Kondo temperature T K. Moreover, we predict that the Kondo screening is accompanied by the formation of multiple Kondo resonances with characteristic spatial patterns. Our results open new possibilities to manipulate and explore the Kondo effect by using quantum corrals.
Rossi
Enrico
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Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, USA.
Morr
Dirk K
DK