Charge localization due to RKKY interaction in the spin-glass

B. Gorshunov; A. S. Prokhorov; S. Kaiser; D. Faltermeier; S. Yasin; M. Dumm; N. Drichko; E. S. Zhukova; I. E. Spektor; S. Vongtragool; M. B. S. Hesselberth; J. Aarts; G. J. Nieuwenhuys; M. Dressel

doi:10.1209/epl/i2006-10339-6

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Volume 76 / No 5 (December 2006)

Europhys. Lett., 76 5 (2006) 938-944

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Issue		Europhys. Lett. Volume 76, Number 5, December 2006


Page(s)		938 - 944
Section		Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2006-10339-6
Published online		01 November 2006

Europhys. Lett., 76 (5), pp. 938-944 (2006)

Charge localization due to RKKY interaction in the spin-glass $\chem{AuFe}$

B. Gorshunov¹^,2, A. S. Prokhorov², S. Kaiser¹, D. Faltermeier¹, S. Yasin¹, M. Dumm¹, N. Drichko¹^,3, E. S. Zhukova², I. E. Spektor², S. Vongtragool⁴^,5, M. B. S. Hesselberth⁴, J. Aarts⁴, G. J. Nieuwenhuys⁴^,5 and M. Dressel¹

¹ 1. Physikalisches Institut, Universität Stuttgart - 70550 Stuttgart, Germany
² Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences - Moscow, Russia
³ Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute - St. Petersburg, Russia
⁴ Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Leiden University - Leiden, The Netherlands
⁵ Research Department Condensed Matter Research with Neutrons und Muyons Paul Scherrer Institute - Villigen, Switzerland

Corresponding author: groshunov@ran.gpi.ru

Received: 21 September 2006
Accepted: 5 October 2006

Abstract

Measurements of the electrodynamic response of spin-glass $\chem{AuFe}$ films in comparison with pure gold films are performed at frequencies from 0.3 $\un{THz}$ ( $10\un{cm^{-1}}$ ) up to 1000 $\un{THz}$ ( $33000\un{cm^{-1}}$ ) using different spectroscopic methods. At room temperature the spectra of pure gold and of $\chem{AuFe}$ are typically metallic with the scattering rate of carriers in $\chem{AuFe}$ being significantly enlarged due to scattering on localized magnetic moments of Fe ions. In the spin-glass phase of $\chem{AuFe}$ at $T=5\un{K}$ a pseudogap in the conductivity spectrum is detected with the magnitude close to the Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida (RKKY) energy for $\chem{AuFe}$ : $\Delta_{\rm RKKY}\approx 2.2\un{meV}$ . The origin of the pseudogap is associated with partial localization of electrons which mediate the RKKY interaction between localized magnetic Fe centers.

PACS: 75.50.Lk – Spin glasses and other random magnets / 71.55.Jv – Disordered structures; amorphous and glassy solids / 72.15.Rn – Localization effects (Anderson or weak localization)

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