Low temperature resistivity studies of SmB6: Observation of twodimensional variable-range hopping conductivity

Autor:	Batkova, Marianna, Batko, Ivan, Gabani, Slavomir, Gazo, Emil, Konovalova, Elena, Filippov, Vladimir
Rok vydání:	2017
Předmět:	Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
DOI:	10.1016/j.physb.2017.08.064
Popis:	We studied electrical resistance of a single-crystalline SmB6 sample with a focus on the region of the "low-temperature resistivity plateau". Our observations did not show any true saturation of the electrical resistance at temperatures below 3 K down to 70 mK. According to our findings, temperature dependence of the electrical conduction in a certain temperature interval above 70 mK can be decomposed into a temperature-independent term and a temperature-activated term that can be described by variable-range hopping formula for two-dimensional systems, exp[-T0/T)^1/3]. Thus, our results indicate importance of hopping type of electrical transport in the near-surface region of SmB6. Comment: accepted at Physica B
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/1709.01990 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv