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Title: Electrodynamics of the antiferromagnetic phase in URu 2 Si 2

Journal Article · · Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
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  1. McMaster Univ., Hamilton, ON (Canada)
  2. McMaster Univ., Hamilton, ON (Canada); Canadian Inst. for Advanced Research, Toronto, ON (Canada)
  3. Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)

Here, we present data on the optical conductivity of URu2-x(Fe,Os)xSi2. While the parent material URu2Si2 enters the enigmatic hidden order (HO) phase below 17.5 K, an antiferromagnetic (AFM) phase is induced by the substitution of Fe or Os onto the Ru sites. We find that both the HO and the AFM phases exhibit an identical gap structure that is characterized by a loss of conductivity below the gap energy with spectral weight transferred to a narrow frequency region just above the gap, the typical optical signature of a density wave. The AFM phase is marked by strong increases in both transition temperature and the energy of the gap associated with the transition. In the normal phase just above the transition the optical scattering rate varies as ω2. We find that in both the HO and the AFM phases, our data are consistent with elastic resonant scattering of a Fermi liquid. This indicates that the appearance of a coherent state is a necessary condition for either ordered phase to emerge. Our measurements favor models in which the HO and the AFM phases are driven by the common physics of a nesting-induced density wave gap.

Research Organization:
Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
FG02-04ER46105; DMR-1206553
OSTI ID:
1418611
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1225409
Journal Information:
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Vol. 92, Issue 19; ISSN 1098-0121
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 8 works
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