中国物理B ›› 2018, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (1): 17803-017803.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/27/1/017803
• SPECIAL TOPIC—Non-equilibrium phenomena in soft matters • 上一篇 下一篇
J L Lv(吕佳林), J L Luo(雒建林), N L Wang(王楠林)
J L Lv(吕佳林)1,2, J L Luo(雒建林)1,2,3, N L Wang(王楠林)3,4
摘要:
We report an optical spectroscopy study on intermediate valence system Yb1-xLuxAl3 with x=0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, and 1. The Kondo temperature in the system is known to increase with increasing Lu concentration. Therefore, it is expected that the energy scale of the hybridization gap should increase with increasing Lu concentration based on the periodic Anderson model. On the contrary, we find that the spectral structure associated with the hybridization effect shifts monotonically to lower energy. Furthermore, the Lu substitution results in a substantial increase of the free carrier spectral weight and less pronounced plasma frequency reduction upon lowering temperature. We attribute the effect to the disruption of the Kondo lattice periodicity by the random substitution of Yb by Lu. The work highlights the importance of the lattice periodicity of the rare earth element for understanding the Kondo lattice phenomena.
中图分类号: (Optical properties of bulk materials and thin films)