STM Studies of TbTe3: Evidence for a fully Incommensurate Charge Density Wave

Details STM Studies of TbTe3: Evidence for a fully Incommensurate Charge Density Wave STM Studies of TbTe3: Evidence for a fully Incommensurate Charge Density Wave

2007-01-19

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0701470v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Other Condensed Matter

4 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.046401

We observe unidirectional charge density wave ordering on the cleaved surface of TbTe3 with a Scanning Tunneling Microscope at ~6 K. The modulation wave-vector q_{CDW} as determined by Fourier analysis is 0.71 +/- 0.02 * 2 pi/c. (Where c is one edge of the in-plane 3D unit cell.) Images at different tip-sample voltages show the unit cell doubling effects of dimerization and the layer below. Our results agree with bulk X-ray measurements, with the addition of ~(1/3) * 2 pi/a ordering perpendicular to the CDW. Our analysis indicates that the CDW is incommensurate.

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