Realizing artificial spin ice states for magnetic colloids on optical trap arrays

A. Libál; C. M. Reichhardt; C. J. Olson Reichhardt

doi:10.1117/12.2237268

26 September 2016 Realizing artificial spin ice states for magnetic colloids on optical trap arrays

A. Libál, C. M. Reichhardt, C. J. Olson Reichhardt

Proceedings Volume 9931, Spintronics IX; 99311Q (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2237268
Event: SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering, 2016, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Colloids interacting with periodic substrates such as those created with optical traps are an ideal system in which to study various types of phase transitions such as commensurate to incommensurate states and melting behaviors, and they can also be used to create new types of ordering that can be mapped to spin systems. Here we numerically demonstrate how magnetic colloids interacting with an array of elongated two-state traps can be used to realize square artificial spin ice. By tuning the magnetic field, it is possible to precisely control the interaction strength between the colloids, making it possible to observe a transition from a disordered state to an ordered state that obeys the two-in/two-out ice rules. We also examine the dynamics of excitations of the ground state, including pairs of monopoles, and show that the monopoles have emergent attractive interactions. The strength of the interaction can be modified by the magnetic field, permitting the monopole velocity to be tuned.

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A. Libál, C. M. Reichhardt, and C. J. Olson Reichhardt "Realizing artificial spin ice states for magnetic colloids on optical trap arrays", Proc. SPIE 9931, Spintronics IX, 99311Q (26 September 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2237268

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