<p>Single-molecule toroics host closed magnetic vortices carrying toroidal moments <Emphasis Type="BoldItalic">τ</Emphasis>, whose electric-dipole symmetry enables magnetoelectric spin control. Yet opposite toroidal chiralities are degenerate in conventional magnetic fields, making direct detection of <Emphasis Type="BoldItalic">τ</Emphasis> challenging. Current approaches probe toroidal dynamics only indirectly through weak residual magnetism, while finite-temperature toroidal polarisation and realistic preparation/readout conditions remain unestablished. Here we show that the Fe<sub>10</sub>Dy<sub>10</sub> molecule hosts a 62-billion-dimensional low-energy manifold pervaded by toroidal character, rendered tractable by an ab initio-informed transfer-matrix framework that reproduces experimental data. The model reveals a large toroidal response robust to thermal fluctuations, quantified by a finite-temperature toroidal susceptibility <i>ξ</i>. We then propose a preparation-and-readout protocol in which a train of temporally asymmetric near-infrared pulses accumulates toroidal polarisation, converted through magnetoelectric response into a measurable electric-field-induced magnetic signal. These results establish Fe<sub>10</sub>Dy<sub>10</sub> as a molecular system where <Emphasis Type="BoldItalic">τ</Emphasis> can be prepared, accumulated and read out under realistic conditions.</p>

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Finite-temperature toroidal moment amenable to direct observation in an Fe10Dy10 molecular ring

  • Alessandro Soncini,
  • Kieran Hymas,
  • Jonas Braun,
  • Yannik F. Schneider,
  • Simone Calvello,
  • Amer Baniodeh,
  • Yanhua Lan,
  • Wolfgang Wernsdorfer,
  • Marco Affronte,
  • Christopher E. Anson,
  • Annie K. Powell

摘要

Single-molecule toroics host closed magnetic vortices carrying toroidal moments τ, whose electric-dipole symmetry enables magnetoelectric spin control. Yet opposite toroidal chiralities are degenerate in conventional magnetic fields, making direct detection of τ challenging. Current approaches probe toroidal dynamics only indirectly through weak residual magnetism, while finite-temperature toroidal polarisation and realistic preparation/readout conditions remain unestablished. Here we show that the Fe10Dy10 molecule hosts a 62-billion-dimensional low-energy manifold pervaded by toroidal character, rendered tractable by an ab initio-informed transfer-matrix framework that reproduces experimental data. The model reveals a large toroidal response robust to thermal fluctuations, quantified by a finite-temperature toroidal susceptibility ξ. We then propose a preparation-and-readout protocol in which a train of temporally asymmetric near-infrared pulses accumulates toroidal polarisation, converted through magnetoelectric response into a measurable electric-field-induced magnetic signal. These results establish Fe10Dy10 as a molecular system where τ can be prepared, accumulated and read out under realistic conditions.