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Thermal expansion and magnetostriction of pure and doped RAgSb(2) (R = Y, Sm, La) single crystals
S L Bud'ko1, S A Law, P C Canfield
1Ames Laboratory US DOE and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
Abstract:
Data on temperature-dependent, anisotropic thermal expansion in pure and doped RAgSb(2) (R = Y, Sm, La) single crystals are presented. Using the Ehrenfest relation and heat capacity measurements, uniaxial pressure derivatives for long range magnetic ordering and charge density wave transition temperatures are evaluated and compared with the results of the direct measurements under hydrostatic pressure. In-plane and c-axis pressure have opposite effects on the phase transitions in these materials, with in-plane effects being significantly weaker. Quantum oscillations in magnetostriction were observed for the three pure compounds, with the possible detection of new frequencies in SmAgSb(2) and LaAgSb(2). The uniaxial (along the c-axis) pressure derivatives of the dominant extreme orbits (β) were evaluated for YAgSb(2) and LaAgSb(2).
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