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Phys. Rev. B 75, 014413 (2007) [7 pages]

Contactless measurements of Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations in the magnetically ordered state of CeAgSb2 and SmAgSb2 single crystals

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Ruslan Prozorov*, Matthew D. Vannette, German D. Samolyuk, Stephanie A. Law, Sergey L. Bud’ko, and Paul C. Canfield
Ames Laboratory and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA

Received 22 May 2006; revised 26 September 2006; published 10 January 2007

Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations were measured in single crystals of highly metallic antiferromagnetic SmAgSb2 and ferromagnetic CeAgSb2 using a tunnel diode resonator. Resistivity oscillations as a function of applied magnetic field were observed via measurements of skin depth variation. The effective resolution of Δρ≃20 pΩ allows a detailed study of the SdH spectra as a function of temperature. The effects of the Sm long-range magnetic ordering as well as its electronic structure (4f electrons) on the Fermi surface topology is discussed.

© 2007 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.75.014413
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevB.75.014413
PACS:
75.50.Ee, 75.50.Cc, 71.18.+y, 72.30.+q

*Electronic address: prozorov@ameslab.gov