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Phys. Rev. B 55, 5636–5639 (1997)

Phase diagrams for diamagnetic phase transitions in two-dimensional conductors

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M. A. Itskovsky, T. Maniv, and G. F. Kventsel
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry, Haifa 32000, Israel

I. D. Vagner
Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Hochfeld-Magnetlabor, Boîte Postale 166, F-38042, 166X, Grenoble Cedex, France

We consider under conditions of the nonlinear de Haas–van Alphen effect temperature–magnetic-field (T-B) phase diagrams for diamagnetic phase transitions into homogeneous single-domain state in two-dimensional (2D) conductors and superconductors (i.e., with cylindrical Fermi surface) to estimate the T-B regions where magnetoquantum oscillations are strongly distorted by magnetic interactions. A universal relation is obtained between maximal transition temperature Tdm and cyclotron mass mc at a given magnetic induction Bdm : ℏωc =Qm kB Tdm with Qm =5.45. Simple expressions are derived for maximal transition temperature Tdm corresponding field Bdm , and limiting field B0 (above which the transition does not occur at any temperature), via Fermi energy, cyclotron mass, and geometrical factors (lattice constant in anisotropic direction c and demagnetizing coefficient). Phase diagrams are drawn for characteristic parameters of the nearly 2D organic conductors and superconductors of the (ET)2 X type.

© 1997 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.55.5636
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevB.55.5636
PACS:
75.40.Cx, 71.18.+y