Fermi surface of PtCoO2 from quantum oscillations and electronic structure calculations
Abstract
The delafossite series of layered oxides includes some of the highest conductivity metals ever discovered. Of these, PtCoO2, with a room-temperature resistivity of 1.8 μΩcm for in-plane transport, is the most conducting of all. The high conduction takes place in triangular lattice Pt layers, separated by layers of Co-O octahedra, and the electronic structure is determined by the interplay of the two types of layers. We present a detailed study of quantum oscillations in PtCoO2, at temperatures down to 35 mK and magnetic fields up to 30 T. As for PdCoO2 and PdRhO2, the Fermi surface consists of a single cylinder with mainly Pt character and an effective mass close to the free-electron value. Due to Fermi-surface warping, two close-lying high frequencies are observed. Additionally, a pronounced difference frequency appears. By analyzing the detailed angular dependence of the quantum-oscillation frequencies, we establish the warping parameters of the Fermi surface. We compare these results to the predictions of first-principles electronic-structure calculations including spin-orbit coupling on Pt and Co and on-site correlation U on Co, and hence demonstrate that electronic correlations in the Co-O layers play an important role in determining characteristic features of the electronic structure of PtCoO2.
Citation
Arnold , F , Naumann , M , Rosner , H , Kikugawa , N , Graf , D , Balicas , L , Terashima , T , Uji , S , Takatsu , H , Khim , S , Mackenzie , A P & Hassinger , E 2020 , ' Fermi surface of PtCoO 2 from quantum oscillations and electronic structure calculations ' , Physical Review B , vol. 101 , no. 19 , 195101 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.101.195101
Publication
Physical Review B
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1098-0121Type
Journal article
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The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support from the Max-Planck Society. E.H. and M.N. acknowledge support from Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) through the Project No. 107745057 (TRR80: From Electronic Correlations to Functionality). This work is also supported by JSPS KAKENHI (No. 18K04715). A portion of this work was performed at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, which is supported by the National Science Foundation Cooperative Agreements No. DMR-1157490 and No. DMR-1644779 and the State of Florida.Collections
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