Fermi-Surface Topology of the Iron-Pnictide Compound LaFe2P2


Fermi-Surface Topology of the Iron-Pnictide Compound LaFe2P2

Ignatchik, O.; Bartkowiak, M.; Wosnitza, J.; Blackburn, S.; Pesant, S.; Côté, M.; Seyfarth, G.; Bianchi, A. D.; Capan, C.; Fisk, Z.; Goodrich, R. G.

A thorough knowledge on the electronic band structure of metals is a prerequisite for gaining insight in their electronic properties. This becomes especially true for a better understanding of the occurrence of superconductivity. Here, we present results of a comprehensive de Haas-van Alphen (dHvA) study of LaFe2P2, a non-superconducting parent compound of the recently discovered family of iron-pnictide superconductors. By use of the cantilever torque magnetometry we were able to observe dHvA oscillations in high-quality LaFe2P2 single crystals starting at about 10 T at dilution-refrigerator temperatures. From the angular dependence of the oscillations we find a strongly anisotropic, but three-dimensional Fermi-surface topology. The effective masses of two different bands observed for magnetic fields aligned along the c axis are 1.4 and 1.7 me, where me is the free-electron mass. The dHvA frequencies and the effective masses in-crease considerably when rotating away from the c axis. We compare our results to state-of-the-art band-structure calculations.

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    9th Conference on Materials and Mechanisms of Superconductivity, 07.-12.09.2009, Tokyo, Japan

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