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Optical properties of organic superconductor kappa-(BETS)2 iron(IV) bromide

Posted on:2009-03-03Degree:M.ScType:Thesis
University:Brock University (Canada)Candidate:Liu, BaochangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2441390002999652Subject:Physics
Abstract/Summary:
kappa-(BETS)2FeBr4 is the first antiferromagnetic organic superconductor with successive antiferromagnetic and superconducting transitions at TN=2.5K and Tc=1.1K respectively at ambient pressure. Polarized reflectance measurements were performed on three single crystal-samples of this material using a Bruker IFS66V/S Interferometer, and a Bolometer detector or an MCT detector, at seven temperatures between 4K and 300K, in both the far-infrared and mid-infrared frequency range.;After the reflectance results were obtained, the Kramers-Kronig dispersion relation was applied to determine the optical conductivity of kappa-(BETS) 2FeBr4 at these seven temperatures. Additionally, the optical conductivity spectra were fitted with a Drude/Lorentz Oscillator model in order to study the evolution of the optical conductivity with temperature along the a-axis and c-axis. The resistivities calculated from the Drude model parameters along the a-axis and c-axis agreed reasonably with previous transport measurements.
Keywords/Search Tags:Bets, Optical
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