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de Haas--van Alphen and Fermi surface studies of organic superconductors (ET) sub 2 X

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OSTI ID:5742051
We report measurements of the de Haas--van Alphen (dHvA) effect in the organic superconductors (ET){sub 2}X with X = Cu(NCS){sub 2}, (NH{sub 4})Hg(SCN){sub 4} and IBr{sub 2} in fields up to 15 T and temperatures down to 0.45 K. All three materials show a strong two-dimensionality of the Fermi surface (FS) as seen by the perfect 1/cos({Theta})-behavior of the dHvA frequencies. Beating of the dHvA oscillations in X = IBr{sub 2} gives clear evidence of a warped structure of the FS cylinder. For the first time, we determine the angular dependence of the cyclotron effective mass, m{sub c}. The 1/cos({Theta})-dependence of m{sub c} causes directly observable spin slitting zeros for up to 5 angles. With our results it was possible to obtain the effective mass enhancement due to electron-phonon coupling. Estimates of {Tc} yield qualitative agreement with the observed values. 22 refs., 7 figs.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
Sponsoring Organization:
DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
5742051
Report Number(s):
ANL/CP-73426; CONF-9105151--8; ON: DE91015137
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English