Magnetism of A-site-ordered perovskites, CaCu3Ti4O12, CaCu3Ge4O12, CaCu3Sn4O12, and CaCu3Zr4O12, is comprehensively studied by means of ab initio electronic structure calculations. The magnetic exchange coupling constants between Cu-site spins, J1, J2, and J3, are estimated within an effective Heisenberg model, revealing relative importance of J3 despite its long interaction length. The ground-...

Cuprate La-R 4Ba2Cu2O10 shows ferromagnetic to antiferromagnetic phase transition by replacing La ions with rare earth R=Nd, Sm, Eu, and Gd ions at low temperature. We propose that the transition is caused by a competition between antiferromagnetic superexchange interaction of Cu spins via La ions and ferromagnetic superexchange interaction due to Hund’s rule coupling of spins of holes on oxyge...

We study the Josephson current through a serial double quantum dot and the associated 0-π transitions which result from the subtle interplay between the superconductivity, the Kondo physics, and the interdot superexchange interaction. The competition between them is examined by tuning the relative strength Δ/T(K) of the superconducting gap and the Kondo temperature, for different strengths of t...

Quantum mechanical superexchange interactions form the basis of quantum magnetism in strongly correlated electronic media. We report on the direct measurement of superexchange interactions with ultracold atoms in optical lattices. After preparing a spin-mixture of ultracold atoms in an antiferromagnetically ordered state, we measured coherent superexchange-mediated spin dynamics with coupling e...

Combining the local spin density approximation (LSDA)+U and an analysis of superexchange interactions beyond density functional theory, we describe the magnetic ground state of Cr-doped TiO2, an intensively studied and debated dilute magnetic oxide. In parallel, we correct our LSDA+U (+ superexchange) ground state through GW corrections (GW@LSDA+U) that reproduce the position of the impurity st...

The superexchange mechanism in cobalt phthalocyanine (CoPc) thin films was studied by a low temperature scanning tunneling microscope. The CoPc molecules were found to form one-dimensional antiferromagnetic chains in the film. Collective spin excitations in individual molecular chains were measured with spin-flip associated inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy. By spatially mapping the spi...

We report the local electronic and magnetic properties of Bi(2)FeCrO(6) nanostructures by element-specific polarized x-ray techniques. Sizable magnetic ordering in the remanent state is observed at room temperature for both Fe and Cr ions. The Bi(2)FeCrO(6) system offers an example of d(5)-d(3) magnetic superexchange interaction with a magnetic order for both Fe and Cr, which are both formally ...

A method to modulate the strength of the superexchange coupling interaction in dinuclear helical assemblies based on the coordination preferences of the metal centres is described.