Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-2000
Journal or Book Title
Physical Review B
Volume
61
Issue
15
First Page
10076
Last Page
10083
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.61.10076
Abstract
The optical conductivities of single crystals of LuAl2 and YbAl2 were measured by spectroscopic ellipsometry in the energy range of 1.4–5.5eV for LuAl2 and 1.4–5.2eV for YbAl2. The optical conductivity spectra of LuAl2 and YbAl2 show similar features except for a difference in magnitude. Both have peaks near 1.8–2.1eV and broad shoulders between 3.0 and 4.0eV. The shoulder is weaker in YbAl2. The band structure, density of states, and optical conductivity were calculated with the tight-binding linear muffin-tin orbital method in the atomic sphere approximation. The calculated optical conductivity with the inclusion of energy-dependent broadening agrees well with the experimental data. Oxidation effects on the surface of the sample were modeled using a three-phase model. The calculated optical conductivity of the clean surface is enhanced over that of the oxidized surface.
Copyright Owner
The American Physical Society
Copyright Date
2000
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Lee, S. J.; Hong, S. Y.; Fisher, I. R.; Canfield, Paul C.; Harmon, Bruce N.; and Lynch, David W., "Optical properties and electronic structure of single crystals of LuAl2 and YbAl2" (2000). Physics and Astronomy Publications. 102.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/physastro_pubs/102
Comments
This article is from Physical Review B 61 (2000): 10076, doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.61.10076. Posted with permission.