29 research outputs found
Signatures of phase transitions in the microwave response of YbRh2Si2
We used a spectroscopic microwave technique utilizing superconducting
stripline resonators at frequencies between 3 GHz and 15 GHz to examine the
charge dynamics of YbRh2Si2 at temperatures and magnetic fields close to the
quantum critical point. The different electronic phases of this heavy-fermion
compound, in particular the antiferromagnetic, Fermi-liquid, and
non-Fermi-liquid regimes, were probed with temperature-dependent microwave
measurements between 40 mK and 600 mK at a set of different magnetic fields up
to 140 mT. Signatures of phase transitions were observed, which give
information about the dynamic response of this peculiar material that exhibits
field-tuned quantum criticality and pronounced deviations from Fermi-liquid
theory.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure
Pressure study on the interplay between magnetic order and valence-change crossover in EuPd(SiGe)
We present results of the magnetic susceptibility on high-quality single
crystals of EuPd(SiGe) for Ge concentrations 0 0.105 performed under varying hydrostatic (He-gas) pressure 0 0.5 GPa. The work extends on recent studies at ambient pressure
demonstrating the drastic change in the magnetic response from
valence-change-crossover behavior for = 0 and 0.058, to long-range
antiferromagnetic (afm) order below = 47 K for = 0.105. The
valence-change-crossover temperature shows an extraordinarily
strong pressure dependence of d/d = +(80 10) K/GPa. In
contrast, a very small pressure dependence of d/d +(1
0.5) K/GPa is found for the afm order upon pressurizing the = 0.105
crystal from = 0 to 0.05 GPa. Remarkably, by further increasing the
pressure to 0.1 GPa, a drastic change in the ground state from afm order to
valence-change-crossover behavior is observed. Estimates of the electronic
entropy, derived from analyzing susceptibility data at varying pressures,
indicate that the boundary between afm order and valence-change crossover
represents a first-order phase transition. Our results suggest a particular
type of second-order critical endpoint of the first-order transition for =
0.105 at 0.06 GPa and 45 K
where intriguing strong-coupling effects between fluctuating charge-, spin- and
lattice degrees of freedom can be expected
Moment canting and domain effects in antiferromagnetic DyRhSi
A combined experimental and theoretical study of the layered
antiferromagnetic compound DyRhSi in the ThCrSi-type structure
is presented. The heat capacity shows two transitions upon cooling, the first
one at the N{\'e}el temperature and a second one at
. Using magnetization measurements, we study the canting
process of the Dy moments upon changing the temperature and can assign to the onset of the canting of the magnetic moments towards the
direction away from the axis. Furthermore, we found that the field
dependence of the magnetization is highly anisotropic and shows a two-step
process for . We used a mean-field model to determine the
crystalline electric field as well as the exchange interaction parameters. Our
magnetization data together with the calculations reveal a moment orientation
close to the direction in the tetragonal structure at low temperatures
and fields. Applying photoemission electron microscopy, we explore the (001)
surface of the cleaved DyRhSi single crystal and visualize Si- and
Dy-terminated surfaces. Our results indicate that the Si-Rh-Si surface protects
the deeper lying magnetically active Dy layers and is thus attractive for
investigation of magnetic domains and their properties in the large family of
LnTSi materials
From valence fluctuations to long-range magnetic order in EuPd(SiGe) single crystals
EuPdSi is a valence-fluctuating system undergoing a
temperature-induced valence crossover at K. We present the
successful single crystal growth using the Czochralski method for the
substitution series EuPd(SiGe), with substitution levels
. A careful determination of the germanium content revealed that
only half of the nominal concentration is build into the crystal structure.
From thermodynamic measurements it is established that is strongly
suppressed for small substitution levels and antiferromagnetic order from
stable divalent europium emerges for . The valence transition is
accompanied by a pronounced change of the lattice parameter of order 1.8%.
In the antiferromagnetically ordered state below K, we find sizeable
magnetic anisotropy with an easy plane perpendicular to the crystallographic c
direction. An entropy analysis revealed that no valence fluctuations are
present for the magnetically ordered materials. Combining the obtained
thermodynamic and structural data, we construct a concentration-temperature
phase diagram demonstrating a rather abrupt change from a valence-fluctuating
to a magnetically-ordered state in EuPd(SiGe)
Terahertz Conductivity of Heavy-fermion Systems from Time-resolved Spectroscopy
The Drude model describes the free-electron conduction in simple metals,
governed by the freedom that the mobile electrons have within the material. In
strongly correlated systems, however, a significant deviation of the optical
conductivity from the simple metallic Drude behavior is observed. Here, we
investigate the optical conductivity of the heavy-fermion system
CeCuAu, using time-resolved, phase-sensitive
terahertz spectroscopy. Terahertz electric field creates two types of
excitations in heavy-fermion materials: First, the intraband excitations that
leave the heavy quasiparticles intact. Second, the resonant interband
transitions between the heavy and light parts of the hybridized conduction band
that break the Kondo singlet. We find that the Kondo-singlet breaking interband
transitions do not create a Drude peak, while the Kondo-retaining intraband
excitations yield the expected Drude response; thus, making it possible to
separate these two fundamentally different correlated contributions to the
optical conductivity.Comment: Published version. scaling analysis and appendix added. 12
pages, 10 figure