Probing Transverse Magnetic Anisotropy by Electronic Transport through a Single-Molecule Magnet
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2016-08-10 v2
Abstract
By means of electronic transport, we study the transverse magnetic anisotropy of an individual Fe single-molecule magnet (SMM) embedded in a three-terminal junction. In particular, we determine in situ the transverse anisotropy of the molecule from the pronounced intensity modulations of the linear conductance, which are observed as a function of applied magnetic field. The proposed technique works at temperatures exceeding the energy scale of the tunnel splittings of the SMM. We deduce that the transverse anisotropy for a single Fe molecule captured in a junction is substantially larger than the bulk value.
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@article{arxiv.1407.5265,
title = {Probing Transverse Magnetic Anisotropy by Electronic Transport through a Single-Molecule Magnet},
author = {M. Misiorny and E. Burzurí and R. Gaudenzi and K. Park and M. Leijnse and M. R. Wegewijs and J. Paaske and A. Cornia and H. S. J. van der Zant},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.5265},
year = {2016}
}
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18 pages with 16 figures; version as published