| Literature DB >> 27925725 |
H-H Kung1, S Ran2,3, N Kanchanavatee2,3, V Krapivin1, A Lee1, J A Mydosh4, K Haule1, M B Maple2,3, G Blumberg1,5.
Abstract
We study URu_{2-x}Fe_{x}Si_{2}, in which two types of staggered phases compete at low temperature as the iron concentration x is varied: the nonmagnetic "hidden order" (HO) phase below the critical concentration x_{c}, and unconventional antiferromagnetic (AFM) phase above x_{c}. By using polarization resolved Raman spectroscopy, we detect a collective mode of pseudovectorlike A_{2g} symmetry whose energy continuously evolves with increasing x; it monotonically decreases in the HO phase until it vanishes at x=x_{c}, and then reappears with increasing energy in the AFM phase. The mode's evolution provides direct evidence for a unified order parameter for both nonmagnetic and magnetic phases arising from the orbital degrees-of-freedom of the uranium-5f electrons.Entities:
Year: 2016 PMID: 27925725 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.227601
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phys Rev Lett ISSN: 0031-9007 Impact factor: 9.161