31 research outputs found
Charge dynamics of the spin-density-wave state in BaFeAs
We report on a thorough optical investigation of BaFeAs over a broad
spectral range and as a function of temperature, focusing our attention on its
spin-density-wave (SDW) phase transition at K. While
BaFeAs remains metallic at all temperatures, we observe a depletion in
the far infrared energy interval of the optical conductivity below ,
ascribed to the formation of a pseudogap-like feature in the excitation
spectrum. This is accompanied by the narrowing of the Drude term consistent
with the transport results and suggestive of suppression of scattering
channels in the SDW state. About 20% of the spectral weight in the far infrared
energy interval is affected by the SDW phase transition
Optical Properties of TiN Thin Films close to the Superconductor-Insulator Transition
We present the intrinsic optical properties over a broad spectral range of
TiN thin films deposited on a Si/SiO substrate. We analyze the measured
reflectivity spectra of the film-substrate multilayer structure within a
well-establish procedure based on the Fresnel equation and extract the real
part of the optical conductivity of TiN. We identify the metallic contribution
as well as the finite energy excitations and disentangle the spectral weight
distribution among them. The absorption spectrum of TiN bears some similarities
with the electrodynamic response observed in the normal state of the
high-temperature superconductors. Particularly, a mid-infrared feature in the
optical conductivity is quite reminiscent of a pseudogap-like excitation
Anisotropic charge dynamics in detwinned Ba(FeCo)As
We investigate the optical conductivity as a function of temperature with
light polarized along the in-plane orthorhombic - and -axes of
Ba(FeCo)As for =0 and 2.5 under uniaxial pressure.
The charge dynamics at low frequencies on these detwinned, single domain
compounds tracks the anisotropic transport properties across their
structural and magnetic phase transitions. Our findings allow us to estimate
the dichroism, which extends to relatively high frequencies. These results are
consistent with a scenario in which orbital order plays a significant role in
the tetragonal-to-orthorhombic structural transition
Optical properties of the charge-density-wave polychalcogenide compounds R 2Te 5 (R=Nd, Sm and Gd)
Abstract.: We investigate the rare-earth polychalcogenide R2Te5 (R=Nd, Sm and Gd) charge-density-wave (CDW) compounds by optical reflectivity measurements. We obtain the optical conductivity through Kramers-Kronig transformation of the reflectivity spectra. From the real part of the optical conductivity we then extract the excitation energy of the CDW gap and estimate the fraction of the Fermi surface which is gapped by the formation of the CDW condensate. In analogy to previous findings on the related RTen (n=2 and 3) families, we establish the progressive closing of the CDW gap and the moderate enhancement of the metallic component upon chemically compressing the lattic
Charge dynamics of the Co-doped BaFeAs
We report on a thorough optical investigation over a broad spectral range and
as a function of temperature of the charge dynamics in
Ba(CoFe)As compounds for Co-doping ranging between 0 and
18%. For the parent compound as well as for =0.025 we observe the opening of
a pseudogap, due to the spin-density-wave phase transition and inducing a
reshuffling of spectral weight from low to high frequencies. For compounds with
0.051 0.11 we detect the superconducting gap, while at =0.18 the
material stays metallic at all temperatures. We describe the effective metallic
contribution to the optical conductivity with two Drude terms, representing the
combination of a coherent and incoherent component, and extract the respective
scattering rates. We establish that the transport properties in the normal
phase are dominated by the coherent Drude term for 00.051 and by the
incoherent one for 0.0610.18, respectively. Finally through spectral
weight arguments, we give clear-cut evidence for moderate electronic
correlations for 00.061, which then crossover to values appropriate
for a regime of weak interacting and nearly-free electron metals for
0.11
Charge dynamics of the spin-density-wave state in BaFe2As2
We report on a thorough optical investigation of BaFe2As2 over a broad spectral range and as a function of temperature, focusing our attention on its spin-density-wave (SDW) phase transition at TSDW = 135K. While BaFe2As2 remains metallic at all temperatures, we observe a depletion in the far infrared energy interval of the optical conductivity below TSDW, ascribed to the formation of a pseudogap-like feature in the excitation spectrum. This is accompanied by the narrowing of the Drude term consistent with the dc transport results and suggestive of suppression of scattering channels in the SDW state. About 20% of the spectral weight in the far infrared energy interval is affected by the SDW phase transitio
Magneto-optical behaviour of EuIn_2P_2
We report results of a magneto-optical investigation of the Zintl-phase
compound EuInP. The compound orders magnetically at =24 K and
exhibits concomitant large magnetoresistance effects. For 50 K and
increasing magnetic fields we observe a transfer of spectral weight in
from energies above 1 eV into the low-energy metallic
component as well as into a mid-infrared signal centered at about 600
cm. This latter absorption is reminiscent to what has been seen in a
large variety of so-called Kondo materials and ascribed to excitations across
the hybridization gap. The observed gain of Drude weight upon increasing
magnetic field suggests an enhancement of the itinerant charge-carrier
concentration due to the increasing magnetization, a phenomenon that was
previously observed in other compounds which exhibit colossal magnetoresistive
effects.Comment: 13 pages, 4 figure
Incommensurate Magnetic Order in TbTe
We report a neutron diffraction study of the magnetic phase transitions in
the charge-density-wave (CDW) TbTe compound. We discover that in the
paramagnetic phase there are strong 2D-like magnetic correlations, consistent
with the pronounced anisotropy of the chemical structure. A long-range
incommensurate magnetic order emerges in TbTe at = 5.78 K as a
result of continuous phase transitions. We observe that near the temperature
the magnetic Bragg peaks appear around the position (0,0,0.24) (or
its rational multiples), that is fairly close to the propagation vector
associated with the CDW phase transition in TbTe. This
suggests that correlations leading to the long-range magnetic order in TbTe
are linked to the modulations that occur in the CDW state
Optical properties of the charge-density-wave polychalcogenide compounds Te (=Nd, Sm and Gd)
We investigate the rare-earth polychalcogenide Te (=Nd, Sm and
Gd) charge-density-wave (CDW) compounds by optical methods. From the absorption
spectrum we extract the excitation energy of the CDW gap and estimate the
fraction of the Fermi surface which is gapped by the formation of the CDW
condensate. In analogy to previous findings on the related Te (n=2 and
3) families, we establish the progressive closing of the CDW gap and the
moderate enhancement of the metallic component upon chemically compressing the
lattice
Temperature dependence of the excitation spectrum in the charge-density-wave ErTe and HoTe systems
We provide optical reflectivity data collected over a broad spectral range
and as a function of temperature on the ErTe and HoTe materials, which
undergo two consecutive charge-density-wave (CDW) phase transitions at
= 265 and 288 K and at = 157 and 110 K, respectively. We
observe the temperature dependence of both the Drude component, due to the
itinerant charge carriers, and the single-particle peak, ascribed to the
charge-density-wave gap excitation. The CDW gap progressively opens while the
metallic component gets narrow with decreasing temperature. An important
fraction of the whole Fermi surface seems to be affected by the CDW phase
transitions. It turns out that the temperature and the previously investigated
pressure dependence of the most relevant CDW parameters share several common
features and behaviors. Particularly, the order parameter of the CDW state is
in general agreement with the predictions of the BCS theory