Quasiparticle properties below coherence onset in YbAl3 nanostructures
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| author | Lowder, Dale T. Eichman, Gage Wan, Yuxin Rao, Karthik Xie, Ruiwen Zhang, Hongbin Paul, Debjoty Chatterjee, Shouvik Schlom, Darrell G. Shen, Kyle Morosan, Emilia Natelson, Douglas |
| author_facet | Lowder, Dale T. Eichman, Gage Wan, Yuxin Rao, Karthik Xie, Ruiwen Zhang, Hongbin Paul, Debjoty Chatterjee, Shouvik Schlom, Darrell G. Shen, Kyle Morosan, Emilia Natelson, Douglas |
| contents | Mesoscopic transport measurements are underexplored as probes of quasiparticles and their properties in correlated metals. The mixed valence compound YbAl$_3$ exhibits a single-ion Kondo temperature of 670 K, while thermodynamic and transport properties (probed with specific heat, magnetic susceptibility, Hall effect, and resistivity) imply the onset of coherence of heavy fermion quasiparticles at T$* \approx$ 37 K. To characterize these quasiparticles, we utilize mesoscopic techniques familiar from weakly correlated conductors. In lithographically-defined nanowires etched from epitaxial films, we observe weak antilocalization magnetoresistance and universal conductance fluctuations, consistent with electronic coherence lengths of tens of nanometers. Additionally, analysis of Johnson-Nyquist noise measurements as a function of bias current reveal, within the context of a range of accepted models, a significant electron-phonon energy loss that increases with decreasing temperature, a finding that we contextualize within the broader properties of YbAl$_3$. |
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| spellingShingle | Quasiparticle properties below coherence onset in YbAl3 nanostructures Lowder, Dale T. Eichman, Gage Wan, Yuxin Rao, Karthik Xie, Ruiwen Zhang, Hongbin Paul, Debjoty Chatterjee, Shouvik Schlom, Darrell G. Shen, Kyle Morosan, Emilia Natelson, Douglas Strongly Correlated Electrons Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Mesoscopic transport measurements are underexplored as probes of quasiparticles and their properties in correlated metals. The mixed valence compound YbAl$_3$ exhibits a single-ion Kondo temperature of 670 K, while thermodynamic and transport properties (probed with specific heat, magnetic susceptibility, Hall effect, and resistivity) imply the onset of coherence of heavy fermion quasiparticles at T$* \approx$ 37 K. To characterize these quasiparticles, we utilize mesoscopic techniques familiar from weakly correlated conductors. In lithographically-defined nanowires etched from epitaxial films, we observe weak antilocalization magnetoresistance and universal conductance fluctuations, consistent with electronic coherence lengths of tens of nanometers. Additionally, analysis of Johnson-Nyquist noise measurements as a function of bias current reveal, within the context of a range of accepted models, a significant electron-phonon energy loss that increases with decreasing temperature, a finding that we contextualize within the broader properties of YbAl$_3$. |
| title | Quasiparticle properties below coherence onset in YbAl3 nanostructures |
| topic | Strongly Correlated Electrons Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.16563 |