Orbital-selective spin excitation of a magnetic porphyrin
arXiv:1708.01268 · doi:10.1038/s42005-018-0015-6
Abstract
Scattering of electrons by localized spins is the ultimate process enabling electrical detection and control of the magnetic state of a spin-doped material. At the molecular scale, this scattering is mediated by the electronic orbitals hosting the spin. Here we report the selective excitation of a molecular spin by electrons tunneling through different molecular orbitals. Spatially-resolved tunneling spectra on iron porphyrins on Au(111) reveal that the inelastic spin excitation extends beyond the iron site. The inelastic features also change shape and symmetry along the molecule. Combining DFT simulations with a phenomenological scattering model, we show that the extension and lineshape variations of the inelastic signal are due to excitation pathways assisted by different frontier orbitals, each of them with a different degree of hybridization with the surface. By selecting the intramolecular site for electron injection, the relative weight of iron and pyrrole orbitals in the tunneling process is modified. In this way, the spin excitation mechanism, reflected by its spectral lineshape, changes depending on the degree of localization and energy alignment of the chosen molecular orbital.
arXiv comment13 pages, 5 figures, Supplemental Material
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