Yang Zhuo, Fauqué Benoît, Nomura Toshihiro, Shitaokoshi Takashi, Kim Sunghoon, Chowdhury Debanjan, Pribulová Zuzana, Kačmarčík Jozef, Pourret Alexandre, Knebel Georg, Aoki Dai, Klein Thierry, Maude Duncan K, Marcenat Christophe, Kohama Yoshimitsu
Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8581, Japan.
JEIP, USR 3573 CNRS, Collège de France, PSL Research University, 11, Place Marcelin Berthelot, 75231, Paris Cedex 05, France.
Nat Commun. 2023 Nov 8;14(1):7006. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-42730-4.
Quantum oscillation phenomenon is an essential tool to understand the electronic structure of quantum matter. Here we report a systematic study of quantum oscillations in the electronic specific heat C in natural graphite. We show that the crossing of a single spin Landau level and the Fermi energy give rise to a double-peak structure, in striking contrast to the single peak expected from Lifshitz-Kosevich theory. Intriguingly, the double-peak structure is predicted by the kernel term for C/T in the free electron theory. The C/T represents a spectroscopic tuning fork of width 4.8kT which can be tuned at will to resonance. Using a coincidence method, the double-peak structure can be used to accurately determine the Landé g-factors of quantum materials. More generally, the tuning fork can be used to reveal any peak in fermionic density of states tuned by magnetic field, such as Lifshitz transition in heavy-fermion compounds.
量子振荡现象是理解量子物质电子结构的重要工具。在此,我们报告了对天然石墨中电子比热(C)的量子振荡的系统研究。我们表明,单个自旋朗道能级与费米能的交叉产生了双峰结构,这与利夫希茨 - 科瑟维奇理论所预期的单峰形成了显著对比。有趣的是,自由电子理论中(C/T)的核项预测了这种双峰结构。(C/T)代表了一个宽度为(4.8kT)的光谱音叉,它可以随意调谐到共振状态。使用符合方法,双峰结构可用于精确确定量子材料的朗德(g)因子。更普遍地说,该音叉可用于揭示由磁场调谐的费米子态密度中的任何峰值,例如重费米子化合物中的利夫希茨转变。