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Chin. Phys. B, 2018, Vol. 27(10): 106701    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/27/10/106701
Special Issue: TOPICAL REVIEW — Spin manipulation in solids
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Spin detection and manipulation with scanning tunneling microscopy

Chunlei Gao(高春雷)
State Key Laboratory of Surface Science and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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.

Keywords:  spin-polarized STM      inelastic tunneling spectroscopy      atomic spin detection  
Received:  01 May 2018      Revised:  12 August 2018      Accepted manuscript online: 
PACS:  67.30.hj (Spin dynamics)  
  67.60.gc (Spin polarized solutions)  
  68.65.-k (Low-dimensional, mesoscopic, nanoscale and other related systems: structure and nonelectronic properties)  
Fund: 

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)

Corresponding Authors:  Chunlei Gao     E-mail:  clgao@fudan.edu.cn

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Chunlei Gao(高春雷) Spin detection and manipulation with scanning tunneling microscopy 2018 Chin. Phys. B 27 106701

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