Unusual diffusive effects on the ESR of Nd 3+ ions in the tunable topologically nontrivial semimetal YBiPt

Lesseux, G. G.; Garitezi, T. M.; Rosa, P. F. S.; Jesus, C. B. R.; Oseroff, S. B.; Sarrao, J. L.; Fisk, Z.; Urbano, R. R.; Pagliuso, P. G.; Rettori, C.

doi:10.1088/0953-8984/28/12/125601

Title: Unusual diffusive effects on the ESR of Nd ³⁺ ions in the tunable topologically nontrivial semimetal YBiPt

Journal Article · Wed Feb 24 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/28/12/125601· OSTI ID:1416300

Lesseux, G. G. ^[1]; Garitezi, T. M. ^[1]; Rosa, P. F. S. ^[2]; Jesus, C. B. R. ^[1]; Oseroff, S. B. ^[3]; Sarrao, J. L. ^[4]; Fisk, Z. ^[5]; Urbano, R. R. ^[1]; Pagliuso, P. G. ^[1]; Rettori, C. ^[6]

Univ. of Campinas (UNICAMP) (Brazil). Inst. of Physics
Univ. of Campinas (UNICAMP) (Brazil). Inst. of Physics; Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States)
San Diego State Univ., CA (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Federal Univ. of ABC (UFABC), San Andrew (Brazil)
Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States)
Univ. of Campinas (UNICAMP) (Brazil). Inst. of Physics; Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Federal Univ. of ABC (UFABC), San Andrew (Brazil)

Electron spin resonance (ESR) of diluted Nd³⁺ ions in the topologically nontrivial semimetallic (TNSM) YBiPt compound is reported. The cubic YBiPt compound is a non-centrosymmetric half Heusler material which crystallizes in the F43m space group. The low temperature Nd³⁺ ESR spectra showed a g-value of 2.66(4) corresponding to a $${{\Gamma}_{6}}$$ cubic crystal field Kramers' doublet ground state. Remarkably, the observed metallic and diffusive (Dysonian) Nd³⁺ lineshape presented an unusual dependence with grain size, microwave power, Nd³⁺ concentration and temperature. Furthermore, the spin dynamic of the localized Nd³⁺ ions in YBiPt was found to be characteristic of a phonon-bottleneck regime. It is claimed that, in this regime for YBiPt, phonons are responsible for mediating the diffusion of the microwave energy absorbed at resonance by the Nd³⁺ ions to the thermal bath throughout the skin depth ($$\delta \simeq 15$$ μm). We argue that this is only possible because of the existence of highly mobile conduction electrons inside the skin depth of YBiPt that are strongly coupled to the phonons by spin–orbit coupling. Thus, our unexpected ESR results point to a coexistence of metallic and insulating behaviors within the skin depth of YBiPt. This scenario is discussed in the light of the TNSM properties of this compound.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1416300

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-17-27525; TRN: US1800908

Journal Information:: Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter, Vol. 28, Issue 12; ISSN 0953-8984

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