Mapping Orbital-Resolved Magnetism in Single Lanthanide Atoms
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Abstract
Single lanthanide atoms and molecules are promising candidates for atomic data storage and quantum logic due to the long lifetime of their magnetic quantum states. Accessing and controlling these states through electrical transport requires precise knowledge of their electronic configuration at the level of individual atomic orbitals, especially of the outer shells involved in transport. However, no experimental techniques have so far shown the required sensitivity to probe single atoms with orbital selectivity. Here we resolve the magnetism of individual orbitals in Gd and Ho single atoms on MgO/Ag(100) by combining X-ray magnetic circular dichroism with multiplet calculations and density functional theory. In contrast to the usual assumption of bulk-like occupation of the different electronic shells, we establish a charge transfer mechanism leading to an unconventional singly ionized configuration. Our work identifies the role of the valence electrons in determining the quantum level structure and spin-dependent transport properties of lanthanide-based nanomagnets.
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OpenAlex topics: Magnetism in coordination complexes · Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes · Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications
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Affiliations
Center for Quantum Nanoscience, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea
Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea
Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart 70569, Germany
Department of Physics, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea
ALBA Synchrotron Light Source, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08290 Catalonia, Spain
MPPC−CPM, Max Planck POSTECH/Korea Research Initiative, Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
Department of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
Institute of Physics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Station 3, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Istituto di Struttura della Materia (ISM), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), I-34149 Trieste, Italy
Funding
National Research Foundation of Korea · Institute for Basic Science
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