Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2008-02-06
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
4 pages, 4 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.013002
Systems exhibiting both spin and orbital degrees of freedom, of which Er3+ is one, can offer mechanisms for manipulating and measuring spin states via optical excitations. Motivated by the possibility of observing photoluminescence and electron paramagnetic resonance from the same species located within a fullerene molecule, we initiated an EPR study of Er3+ in ErSc2N@C80. Two orientations of the ErSc2N rotor within the C80 fullerene are observed in EPR, consistent with earlier studies using photoluminescence excitation (PLE) spectroscopy. For some crystal field orientations, electron spin relaxation is driven by an Orbach process via the first excited electronic state of the 4I_15/2 multiplet. We observe a change in the relative populations of the two ErSc2N configurations upon the application of 532 nm illuminations, and are thus able to switch the majority cage symmetry. This photoisomerisation, observable by both EPR and PLE, is metastable, lasting many hours at 20 K.
Ardavan Arzhang
Briggs Andrew. G. D.
Dantelle Géraldine
Morton John J. L.
Porfyrakis Kyriakos
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