Electrical manipulation of spin states in a single electrostatically gated transition-metal complex

Edgar A Osorio, Kasper Moth-Poulsen, Herre S J van der Zant, Jens Paaske, Per Hedegård, Karsten Flensberg, Jesper Bendix, Thomas Bjørnholm

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Abstract

We demonstrate an electrically controlled high-spin (S = 5/2) to low-spin (S = 1/2) transition in a three-terminal device incorporating a single Mn(2+) ion coordinated by two terpyridine ligands. By adjusting the gate-voltage we reduce the terpyridine moiety and thereby strengthen the ligand-field on the Mn-atom. Adding a single electron thus stabilizes the low-spin configuration and the corresponding sequential tunnelling current is suppressed by spin-blockade. From low-temperature inelastic cotunneling spectroscopy, we infer the magnetic excitation spectrum of the molecule and uncover also a strongly gate-dependent singlet-triplet splitting on the low-spin side. The measured bias-spectroscopy is shown to be consistent with an exact diagonalization of the Mn-complex, and an interpretation of the data is given in terms of a simplified effective model.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftNano Letters
Vol/bind10
Udgave nummer1
Sider (fra-til)105-10
Antal sider6
ISSN1530-6984
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 1 jan. 2010

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