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Optical properties of the quasi-one-dimensional magnet CeIr<sub>3</sub>B<sub>2</sub>

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Abstract

We present the optical properties of the quasi-one-dimensional (1D) magnet CeIr3B2 over a broad temperature range covering the ferromagnetic Curie temperature, Tc=41 K. Polarized spectroscopic measurements combined with first principles density functional theory calculations reveal that the optical response is dominated by the light polarization with respect to the direction of the quasi-1D chains. Suppression of the low frequency optical conductivity with decreasing temperature will be explained within the Kondo lattice framework. Moreover, we will also discuss signatures of spin-charge coupling across Tc.

Presenters

  • Ken ONeal

    Los Alamos National Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, CINT, Los Alamos National Lab

Authors

  • Ken ONeal

    Los Alamos National Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, CINT, Los Alamos National Lab

  • Jian-Xin Zhu

    Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Theoretical Division/Center for Integrated Nanotechnology, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Theoretical Division and Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Lab, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Eric D Bauer

    Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos National laboratory, Los Alamos Natl Lab, Condensed Matter and Magnet Science Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos National LAborator

  • Filip Ronning

    Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos National laboratory, Condensed Matter and Magnet Science Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Dmitry Yarotski

    Los Alamos National Laboratory, CINT, Los Alamos National Lab, Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Rohit P Prasankumar

    Los Alamos National Laboratory, CINT, Los Alamos National Lab, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory