| 発表者名 |
大平 至波 |
| 指導教員名 |
小濱 芳允 准教授 |
| 発表題目(英語) |
Influence of high magnetic field on the orbital degree of freedom in Lacunar spinel GeV4S8 |
| 要旨(英語) |
The Jahn-Teller (JT) transition, originating from the lifting of orbital degeneracy, is usually independent of magnetic transitions. While magnetic-field-induced JT transitions are known in 4f-electron systems with strong spin-orbit coupling (SOC), they have rarely been observed in 3d-electron systems with weak SOC[1].
The lacunar spinel GeV4S8 adopts a cubic structure (space group F-43m) at room temperature and is well described by a molecular-orbital picture with an S = 1 moment localized on a V4 tetrahedral cluster. GeV4S8 undergoes a JT transition to the orthorhombic space group Imm2 at TJT = 32 K and subsequently exhibits an antiferromagnetic (AFM) transition at TN = 17 K . Notably, a magnetic-field-induced phase transition occurs near 40 T, not only from the low-temperature AFM phase but also from the intermediate-temperature paramagnetic phase suggesting a field-induced JT transition whose microscopic mechanism remains unresolved. [2]
In this study, we aim to clarify the nature of this field-induced phase transition in GeV4S8 through magnetization, dilatometry, and x-ray diffraction measurements. In this presentation, I will discuss our experimental results and current progress.
[1] K. Kishimoto et al., Phys. Rev. B 82, 012103 (2010).
[2] V. Felea et al., Phys. Rev. B 101, 064413 (2020). |
| 発表言語 |
日本語 |