Dimensionality tuning of heavy-fermion states in ultrathin CeSi2 films
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| author | Wu, Yi Zhu, Weifan Hua, Teng Fang, Yuan Zhang, Yanan Zhang, Jiawen Huang, Yanen Zheng, Hao Fu, Shanyin Zheng, Xinying Liu, Zhengtai Ye, Mao Chen, Ye Sun, Tulai Smidman, Michael Kroha, Johann Cao, Chao Yuan, Huiqiu Steglich, Frank Lin, Hai-Qing Liu, Yang |
| author_facet | Wu, Yi Zhu, Weifan Hua, Teng Fang, Yuan Zhang, Yanan Zhang, Jiawen Huang, Yanen Zheng, Hao Fu, Shanyin Zheng, Xinying Liu, Zhengtai Ye, Mao Chen, Ye Sun, Tulai Smidman, Michael Kroha, Johann Cao, Chao Yuan, Huiqiu Steglich, Frank Lin, Hai-Qing Liu, Yang |
| contents | Dimensionality tuning is an important method to modify the electronic states of quantum materials. However, the mechanism of such tuning in heavy fermion systems and its connection with transport properties remain largely unexplored. Here by combining molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), in-situ angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) and transport measurements, we study the electronic states of the heavy-fermion compound CeSi2 as a function of film thickness. In three dimensional thick films, our measurements reveal a dispersive Kondo peak at the Fermi level (EF) and satellite peaks originating from crystal electric field (CEF) excitations, characteristic of heavy fermion systems. For two-dimensional ultrathin films, the CEF satellites are largely suppressed while the ground-state Kondo peak at EF remains strong, although it develops at lower temperatures. Simultaneously, the maximum temperature Tmax of the magnetic resistivity, \r{ho}m(T), changes from ~100 K in thick films to ~35 K in ultrathin films. This can be attributed to the dimensionality driven reduction of CEF excitations during the Kondo process, in good agreement with spectroscopic results. Our work provides direct insight to understand the quantum confinement effects on strongly correlated 4f-electron systems and opens up new opportunities to explore emergent phenomena in two-dimensional heavy-fermion materials. |
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| spellingShingle | Dimensionality tuning of heavy-fermion states in ultrathin CeSi2 films Wu, Yi Zhu, Weifan Hua, Teng Fang, Yuan Zhang, Yanan Zhang, Jiawen Huang, Yanen Zheng, Hao Fu, Shanyin Zheng, Xinying Liu, Zhengtai Ye, Mao Chen, Ye Sun, Tulai Smidman, Michael Kroha, Johann Cao, Chao Yuan, Huiqiu Steglich, Frank Lin, Hai-Qing Liu, Yang Strongly Correlated Electrons Dimensionality tuning is an important method to modify the electronic states of quantum materials. However, the mechanism of such tuning in heavy fermion systems and its connection with transport properties remain largely unexplored. Here by combining molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), in-situ angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) and transport measurements, we study the electronic states of the heavy-fermion compound CeSi2 as a function of film thickness. In three dimensional thick films, our measurements reveal a dispersive Kondo peak at the Fermi level (EF) and satellite peaks originating from crystal electric field (CEF) excitations, characteristic of heavy fermion systems. For two-dimensional ultrathin films, the CEF satellites are largely suppressed while the ground-state Kondo peak at EF remains strong, although it develops at lower temperatures. Simultaneously, the maximum temperature Tmax of the magnetic resistivity, \r{ho}m(T), changes from ~100 K in thick films to ~35 K in ultrathin films. This can be attributed to the dimensionality driven reduction of CEF excitations during the Kondo process, in good agreement with spectroscopic results. Our work provides direct insight to understand the quantum confinement effects on strongly correlated 4f-electron systems and opens up new opportunities to explore emergent phenomena in two-dimensional heavy-fermion materials. |
| title | Dimensionality tuning of heavy-fermion states in ultrathin CeSi2 films |
| topic | Strongly Correlated Electrons |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.11289 |