中国物理B ›› 2018, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (10): 106701-106701.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/27/10/106701

所属专题: TOPICAL REVIEW — Spin manipulation in solids

• SPECIAL TOPIC—Recent advances in thermoelectric materials and devices • 上一篇    下一篇

Spin detection and manipulation with scanning tunneling microscopy

Chunlei Gao(高春雷)   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Surface Science and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
  • 收稿日期:2018-05-01 修回日期:2018-08-12 出版日期:2018-10-05 发布日期:2018-10-05
  • 通讯作者: Chunlei Gao E-mail:clgao@fudan.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:

    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11427902 and 11674063) and the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2016YFA0300904)

Spin detection and manipulation with scanning tunneling microscopy

Chunlei Gao(高春雷)   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Surface Science and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
  • Received:2018-05-01 Revised:2018-08-12 Online:2018-10-05 Published:2018-10-05
  • Contact: Chunlei Gao E-mail:clgao@fudan.edu.cn
  • Supported by:

    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11427902 and 11674063) and the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2016YFA0300904)

摘要:

Over the past few decades, spin detection and manipulation at the atomic scale using scanning tunneling microcopy has matured, which has opened the possibility of realizing spin-based functional devices with single atoms and molecules. This article reviews the principle of spin polarized scanning tunneling microscopy and inelastic tunneling spectroscopy, which are used to measure the static spin structure and dynamic spin excitation, respectively. Recent progress will be presented, including complex spin structure, magnetization of single atoms and molecules, as well as spin excitation of single atoms, clusters, and molecules. Finally, progress in the use of spin polarized tunneling current to manipulate an atomic magnet is discussed.

关键词: spin-polarized STM, inelastic tunneling spectroscopy, atomic spin detection

Abstract:

Over the past few decades, spin detection and manipulation at the atomic scale using scanning tunneling microcopy has matured, which has opened the possibility of realizing spin-based functional devices with single atoms and molecules. This article reviews the principle of spin polarized scanning tunneling microscopy and inelastic tunneling spectroscopy, which are used to measure the static spin structure and dynamic spin excitation, respectively. Recent progress will be presented, including complex spin structure, magnetization of single atoms and molecules, as well as spin excitation of single atoms, clusters, and molecules. Finally, progress in the use of spin polarized tunneling current to manipulate an atomic magnet is discussed.

Key words: spin-polarized STM, inelastic tunneling spectroscopy, atomic spin detection

中图分类号:  (Spin dynamics)

  • 67.30.hj
67.60.gc (Spin polarized solutions) 68.65.-k (Low-dimensional, mesoscopic, nanoscale and other related systems: structure and nonelectronic properties)