Journal
NANO LETTERS
Volume 15, Issue 3, Pages 1938-1942Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/nl504779p
Keywords
magnetic anisotropy; inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy; vector magnetic field; Spin Hamiltonian
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- Alexander von Humboldt foundation
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
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Magnetic anisotropy plays a key role in the magnetic stability and spin-related quantum phenomena of surface adatoms. It manifests as angular variations of the atoms magnetic properties. We measure the spin excitations of individual Fe atoms on a copper nitride surface with inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy. Using a three-axis vector magnet we rotate the magnetic field and map out the resulting variations of the spin excitations. We quantitatively determine the three-dimensional distribution of the magnetic anisotropy of single Fe atoms by fitting the spin excitation spectra with a spin Hamiltonian. This experiment demonstrates the feasibility of fully mapping the vector magnetic properties of individual spins and characterizing complex three-dimensional magnetic systems
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