TY - JOUR
T1 - Competing ground states in triple-layered Sr4Ru3O10
T2 - Verging on itinerant ferromagnetism with critical fluctuations
AU - Cao, G.
AU - Balicas, L.
AU - Song, H.
AU - Sun, P.
AU - Xin, Y.
AU - Bondarenko, A.
AU - Brill, W.
AU - Parkin, S.
AU - Lin, N.
PY - 2003/11/7
Y1 - 2003/11/7
N2 - The triple-layered Sr4Ru3O10 is characterized by an unexpectedly strong quasi-two dimensional characteristic, and a sharp metamagnetic transition and ferromagnetic behavior occurring within the basal plane and along the c axis, respectively. The interplane resistivity at magnetic field B, up to 32 T, exhibits very low-frequency quantum oscillations associated with the spin polarized state when B is parallel to the c axis, and a large magnetoresistivity accompanied by critical fluctuations governed by the metamagnetic transition when B is perpendicular to the c axis. The complex behavior evidenced in magnetization, specific heat, and resistivity presented is not characteristic of any obvious ground states, and points to a unusual state that shows a delicate balance between fluctuations and order. Implications of these results are discussed.
AB - The triple-layered Sr4Ru3O10 is characterized by an unexpectedly strong quasi-two dimensional characteristic, and a sharp metamagnetic transition and ferromagnetic behavior occurring within the basal plane and along the c axis, respectively. The interplane resistivity at magnetic field B, up to 32 T, exhibits very low-frequency quantum oscillations associated with the spin polarized state when B is parallel to the c axis, and a large magnetoresistivity accompanied by critical fluctuations governed by the metamagnetic transition when B is perpendicular to the c axis. The complex behavior evidenced in magnetization, specific heat, and resistivity presented is not characteristic of any obvious ground states, and points to a unusual state that shows a delicate balance between fluctuations and order. Implications of these results are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.68.174409
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.68.174409
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0346970777
SN - 1098-0121
VL - 68
JO - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
JF - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
IS - 17
ER -