Protected helical transport in magnetically doped quantum wires: Beyond the one-dimensional paradigm
arXiv:2003.07261 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.102.161102
Abstract
One-dimensional (1D) quantum wires, which are functionalized by magnetic ad-atoms, can host ballistic helical transport. Helicity protects transport from an undesirable influence of material imperfections, and it makes the magnetically doped wire a very promising element for nanoelectronics and spintronics. However, fabricating purely 1D conductors is experimentally very challenging and not always feasible. In this paper, we show that the protected helical transport can exist even in quasi-1D wires. We model the quasi-1D magnetically doped wire as two coupled dense 1D Kondo chains. Each chain consists of itinerant electrons interacting with localized quantum magnetic moments -- Kondo impurities. We have analyzed the regimes of weak-, intermediate-, and strong inter-chain coupling, and we found conditions necessary for the origin of the aforementioned protected transport. Our results may pave the way for experimental realizations of helical states in magnetically doped wires.
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