| Autor: |
Elliott W. Rosenberg, Matthias Ikeda, Ian R. Fisher |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2024 |
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| Zdroj: |
npj Quantum Materials, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2397-4648 |
| DOI: |
10.1038/s41535-024-00658-y |
| Popis: |
Abstract Elastocaloric measurements of the ferroquadrupolar/nematic rare-earth intermetallic TmAg2 are presented. TmAg2 undergoes a cooperative Jahn-Teller-like ferroquadrupolar phase transition at 5K, in which the Tm3+ ion’s local 4f electronic ground state doublet spontaneously splits and develops an electric quadrupole moment which breaks the rotational symmetry of the tetragonal lattice. The elastocaloric effect, which is the temperature change in the sample induced by adiabatic strains the sample experiences, is sensitive to quadrupolar fluctuations in the paranematic phase which couple to the induced strain. We show that elastocaloric measurements of this material reveal a Curie-Weiss like nematic susceptibility with a Weiss temperature of T* ≈ 2.7K, in agreement with previous elastic constant measurements. Furthermore, we establish that a magnetic field along the c-axis acts as an effective transverse field for the quadrupole moments. |
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