Abstract
We use spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy to demonstrate that Ho atoms on magnesium oxide exhibit a coercive field of more than 8T and magnetic bistability for many minutes, both at 35K. The first spontaneous magnetization reversal events are recorded at 45K, for which the metastable state relaxes in an external field of 8T. The transverse magnetic anisotropy energy is estimated from magnetic field and bias voltage dependent switching rates at 4.3K. Our measurements constrain the possible ground state of Ho single-atom magnets to either J_{z}=7 or 8, both compatible with magnetic bistability at fields larger than 10mT.
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