中国物理B ›› 2020, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (7): 77402-077402.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/ab90e4

• CONDENSED MATTER: ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES • 上一篇    下一篇

Anomalous magnetoresistance in detwinned EuFe2As2

Zhuang Xu(徐状), Junxiang Pan(潘俊香), Zhen Tao(陶镇), Ruixian Liu(刘瑞鲜), Guotai Tan(谈国太)   

  1. Center for Advanced Quantum Studies and Department of Physics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
  • 收稿日期:2020-04-24 修回日期:2020-05-01 出版日期:2020-07-05 发布日期:2020-07-05
  • 通讯作者: Guotai Tan E-mail:tangt@bnu.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China (Grant No. 2014JJCB27).

Anomalous magnetoresistance in detwinned EuFe2As2

Zhuang Xu(徐状), Junxiang Pan(潘俊香), Zhen Tao(陶镇), Ruixian Liu(刘瑞鲜), Guotai Tan(谈国太)   

  1. Center for Advanced Quantum Studies and Department of Physics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
  • Received:2020-04-24 Revised:2020-05-01 Online:2020-07-05 Published:2020-07-05
  • Contact: Guotai Tan E-mail:tangt@bnu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China (Grant No. 2014JJCB27).

摘要: The in-plane magnetotransport of detwinned EuFe2As2 single crystal has been investigated. In the antiferromagnetic phase of Eu2+ spins, very different magnetoresistance results are observed upon the change of the external magnetic field direction and the current direction. This could be attributed to the tunable orientation of the Eu2+ spins under magnetic field. Electron scattering by spin fluctuation, superzone boundary effect, and cyclotron motion of charge carriers are used to interpret the observed anomalous magnetoresistance which is measured by using a current along a direction. The remarkable features of magnetoresistance suggest that itinerant electrons strongly couple with the spin configuration of Eu2+, which has a huge influence on the transport properties of EuFe2As2.

关键词: magnetoresistance, spin, reorientation, iron pnictides

Abstract: The in-plane magnetotransport of detwinned EuFe2As2 single crystal has been investigated. In the antiferromagnetic phase of Eu2+ spins, very different magnetoresistance results are observed upon the change of the external magnetic field direction and the current direction. This could be attributed to the tunable orientation of the Eu2+ spins under magnetic field. Electron scattering by spin fluctuation, superzone boundary effect, and cyclotron motion of charge carriers are used to interpret the observed anomalous magnetoresistance which is measured by using a current along a direction. The remarkable features of magnetoresistance suggest that itinerant electrons strongly couple with the spin configuration of Eu2+, which has a huge influence on the transport properties of EuFe2As2.

Key words: magnetoresistance, spin, reorientation, iron pnictides

中图分类号:  (Magnetotransport phenomena; materials for magnetotransport)

  • 75.47.-m
74.25.-q (Properties of superconductors) 73.43.Qt (Magnetoresistance)