Thermal activation between Landau levels in the organic superconductor beta(')-(BEDT-TTF)2SF5CH2CF2SO3

Autor: M S, Nam, A, Ardavan, J A, Symington, J, Singleton, N, Harrison, C H, Mielke, J A, Schlueter, R W, Winter, G L, Gard
Rok vydání: 2000
Zdroj: Physical review letters. 87(11)
ISSN: 0031-9007
Popis: We show that Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations in the interlayer resistivity of the organic superconductor beta(")-(BEDT-TTF)2SF5CH2CF2SO3 become very pronounced in magnetic fields approximately 60 T. The conductivity minima exhibit thermally activated behavior that can be explained simply by the presence of a Landau gap, with the quasi-one-dimensional Fermi surface sheets contributing negligibly to the conductivity. This observation, together with complete suppression of chemical potential oscillations, is consistent with an incommensurate nesting instability of the quasi-one-dimensional sheets.
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