Tunable spin-polaron state in a singly clamped semiconducting carbon nanotube

Abstract

We consider a semiconducting carbon nanotube (CNT) lying on a ferromagnetic insulating substrate with one end passing the substrate and suspended over a metallic gate. We assume that the polarized substrate induces an exchange interaction acting as a local magnetic field for the electrons in the nonsuspended CNT side. Generalizing the approach of I. Snyman and Yu.V. Nazarov [Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 076805 (2012)PRLTAO0031-900710.1103/PhysRevLett.108.076805], we show that one can generate electrostatically a tunable spin-polarized polaronic state localized at the bending end of the CNT. We argue that at low temperatures manipulation and detection of the localized quantum spin state are possible.