IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/nat/natcom/v14y2023i1d10.1038_s41467-023-42287-2.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Electric control of spin transitions at the atomic scale

Author

Listed:
  • Piotr Kot

    (Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung)

  • Maneesha Ismail

    (Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung)

  • Robert Drost

    (Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung)

  • Janis Siebrecht

    (Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung)

  • Haonan Huang

    (Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung)

  • Christian R. Ast

    (Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung)

Abstract

Electric control of spins has been a longstanding goal in the field of solid state physics due to the potential for increased efficiency in information processing. This efficiency can be optimized by transferring spintronics to the atomic scale. We present electric control of spin resonance transitions in single TiH molecules by employing electron spin resonance scanning tunneling microscopy (ESR-STM). We find strong bias voltage dependent shifts in the ESR signal of about ten times its line width. We attribute this to the electric field in the tunnel junction, which induces a displacement of the spin system changing the g-factor and the effective magnetic field of the tip. We demonstrate direct electric control of the spin transitions in coupled TiH dimers. Our findings open up new avenues for fast coherent control of coupled spin systems and expands on the understanding of spin electric coupling.

Suggested Citation

  • Piotr Kot & Maneesha Ismail & Robert Drost & Janis Siebrecht & Haonan Huang & Christian R. Ast, 2023. "Electric control of spin transitions at the atomic scale," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-7, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-42287-2
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42287-2
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-42287-2
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1038/s41467-023-42287-2?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Guilherme Tosi & Fahd A. Mohiyaddin & Vivien Schmitt & Stefanie Tenberg & Rajib Rahman & Gerhard Klimeck & Andrea Morello, 2017. "Silicon quantum processor with robust long-distance qubit couplings," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 8(1), pages 1-11, December.
    2. W. Eerenstein & N. D. Mathur & J. F. Scott, 2006. "Multiferroic and magnetoelectric materials," Nature, Nature, vol. 442(7104), pages 759-765, August.
    3. Serwan Asaad & Vincent Mourik & Benjamin Joecker & Mark A. I. Johnson & Andrew D. Baczewski & Hannes R. Firgau & Mateusz T. Mądzik & Vivien Schmitt & Jarryd J. Pla & Fay E. Hudson & Kohei M. Itoh & Je, 2020. "Coherent electrical control of a single high-spin nucleus in silicon," Nature, Nature, vol. 579(7798), pages 205-209, March.
    4. B. E. Kane, 1998. "A silicon-based nuclear spin quantum computer," Nature, Nature, vol. 393(6681), pages 133-137, May.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Lukas M. Veldman & Evert W. Stolte & Mark P. Canavan & Rik Broekhoven & Philip Willke & Laëtitia Farinacci & Sander Otte, 2024. "Coherent spin dynamics between electron and nucleus within a single atom," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-7, December.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Sellier, Jean Michel, 2018. "Combining neural networks and signed particles to simulate quantum systems more efficiently," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 496(C), pages 62-71.
    2. Piyush Agarwal & Lisen Huang & Sze Lim & Ranjan Singh, 2022. "Electric-field control of nonlinear THz spintronic emitters," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-8, December.
    3. Ruofan Du & Yuzhu Wang & Mo Cheng & Peng Wang & Hui Li & Wang Feng & Luying Song & Jianping Shi & Jun He, 2022. "Two-dimensional multiferroic material of metallic p-doped SnSe," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-9, December.
    4. Ingvild Hansen & Amanda E. Seedhouse & Santiago Serrano & Andreas Nickl & MengKe Feng & Jonathan Y. Huang & Tuomo Tanttu & Nard Dumoulin Stuyck & Wee Han Lim & Fay E. Hudson & Kohei M. Itoh & Andre Sa, 2024. "Entangling gates on degenerate spin qubits dressed by a global field," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-7, December.
    5. Souvik Bhattacharya & Jonathan Boyd & Sven Reichardt & Valentin Allard & Amir Hossein Talebi & Nicolò Maccaferri & Olga Shenderova & Aude L. Lereu & Ludger Wirtz & Giuseppe Strangi & R. Mohan Sankaran, 2025. "Intervalence plasmons in boron-doped diamond," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 16(1), pages 1-8, December.
    6. Pingfan Gu & Cong Wang & Dan Su & Zehao Dong & Qiuyuan Wang & Zheng Han & Kenji Watanabe & Takashi Taniguchi & Wei Ji & Young Sun & Yu Ye, 2023. "Multi-state data storage in a two-dimensional stripy antiferromagnet implemented by magnetoelectric effect," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-8, December.
    7. Shuai Xu & Jiesu Wang & Pan Chen & Kuijuan Jin & Cheng Ma & Shiyao Wu & Erjia Guo & Chen Ge & Can Wang & Xiulai Xu & Hongbao Yao & Jingyi Wang & Donggang Xie & Xinyan Wang & Kai Chang & Xuedong Bai & , 2023. "Magnetoelectric coupling in multiferroics probed by optical second harmonic generation," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-8, December.
    8. S. A. Saleh, 2019. "Study of Microstructural, Electrical and Dielectric Properties of La 0.9 Pb 0.1 MnO 3 and La 0.8 Y 0.1 Pb 0.1 MnO 3 Ceramics," Scientific Review, Academic Research Publishing Group, vol. 5(2), pages 33-44, 02-2019.
    9. Cafaro, Carlo, 2017. "Geometric algebra and information geometry for quantum computational software," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 470(C), pages 154-196.
    10. Lai Xu & Aamir Muhammad & Yifei Pu & Jiliu Zhou & Yi Zhang, 2019. "Fractional-order quantum particle swarm optimization," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(6), pages 1-16, June.
    11. Sellier, J.M. & Dimov, I., 2014. "A Wigner approach to the study of wave packets in ordered and disordered arrays of dopants," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 406(C), pages 185-190.
    12. Rishabh Upadhyay & Dmitry S. Golubev & Yu-Cheng Chang & George Thomas & Andrew Guthrie & Joonas T. Peltonen & Jukka P. Pekola, 2024. "Microwave quantum diode," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-9, December.
    13. Holly G. Stemp & Serwan Asaad & Mark R. van Blankenstein & Arjen Vaartjes & Mark A. I. Johnson & Mateusz T. Mądzik & Amber J. A. Heskes & Hannes R. Firgau & Rocky Y. Su & Chih Hwan Yang & Arne Laucht , 2024. "Tomography of entangling two-qubit logic operations in exchange-coupled donor electron spin qubits," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-10, December.
    14. Luying Song & Ying Zhao & Bingqian Xu & Ruofan Du & Hui Li & Wang Feng & Junbo Yang & Xiaohui Li & Zijia Liu & Xia Wen & Yanan Peng & Yuzhu Wang & Hang Sun & Ling Huang & Yulin Jiang & Yao Cai & Xue J, 2024. "Robust multiferroic in interfacial modulation synthesized wafer-scale one-unit-cell of chromium sulfide," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-11, December.
    15. Zhenyu Sun & Yueqi Su & Aomiao Zhi & Zhicheng Gao & Xu Han & Kang Wu & Lihong Bao & Yuan Huang & Youguo Shi & Xuedong Bai & Peng Cheng & Lan Chen & Kehui Wu & Xuezeng Tian & Changzheng Wu & Baojie Fen, 2024. "Evidence for multiferroicity in single-layer CuCrSe2," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-7, December.
    16. Katrina Barnes & Peter Battaglino & Benjamin J. Bloom & Kayleigh Cassella & Robin Coxe & Nicole Crisosto & Jonathan P. King & Stanimir S. Kondov & Krish Kotru & Stuart C. Larsen & Joseph Lauigan & Bri, 2022. "Assembly and coherent control of a register of nuclear spin qubits," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-10, December.
    17. Zhenyue Wu & Shunning Li & Yasmin Mohamed Yousry & Walter P. D. Wong & Xinyun Wang & Teng Ma & Zhefeng Chen & Yan Shao & Weng Heng Liew & Kui Yao & Feng Pan & Kian Ping Loh, 2022. "Intercalation-driven ferroelectric-to-ferroelastic conversion in a layered hybrid perovskite crystal," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-8, December.
    18. Qiao, Bi & Xing, X.S. & Ruda, H.E., 2005. "Kinetic equations for quantum information," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 355(2), pages 319-332.
    19. Zhao-Bo Hu & Xinyu Yang & Jinlei Zhang & Ling-Ao Gui & Yi-Fan Zhang & Xiao-Dong Liu & Zi-Han Zhou & Yucheng Jiang & Yi Zhang & Shuai Dong & You Song, 2024. "Molecular ferroelectric with low-magnetic-field magnetoelectricity at room temperature," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-7, December.
    20. Jinfeng Liu & Xiangyu Gao & Haonan Jin & Kaile Ren & Jingyu Guo & Liao Qiao & Chaorui Qiu & Wei Chen & Yuhang He & Shuxiang Dong & Zhuo Xu & Fei Li, 2022. "Miniaturized electromechanical devices with multi-vibration modes achieved by orderly stacked structure with piezoelectric strain units," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-9, December.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-42287-2. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.nature.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.