Charge dynamics and "ferromagnetism" of A1-xLaxB6 (A=Ca and Sr)

Details Charge dynamics and "ferromagnetism" of A1-xLaxB6 (A=Ca and Sr) Charge dynamics and "ferromagnetism" of A1-xLaxB6 (A=Ca and Sr)

2002-06-07

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0206101v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

7 pages, 8 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.66.064407

Ferromagnetism has been reported recently in La-doped alkaline-earth hexaborides, A1-xLaxB6 (A=Ca, Sr, and Ba). We have performed the reflectivity, Hall resistivity, and magnetization measurements of A1-xLaxB6. The results indicate that A1-xLaxB6 can be regarded as a simple doped semimetal, with no signature of an excitonic state as suggested by several theories. It is also found that the surface of as-grown samples (10 micrometer in thickness) has a different electronic structure from a bulk one, and a fairly large number of paramagnetic moments are confined in this region. After eliminating these paramagnetic moments at the surface, we could not find any evidence of an intrinsic ferromagnetic moment in our samples, implying the possibility that the ferromagnetism of A1-xLaxB6 reported so far is neither intrinsic.

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