Observation of orbital resonance hall effect in (TMTSF)2ClO4

Kaya Kobayashi, H. Satsukawa, J. Yamada, T. Terashima, S. Uji

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Abstract

We report the observation of a Hall effect driven by orbital resonance in the quasi-1-dimensional (q1D) organic conductor (TMTSF)2ClO4. Although a conventional Hall effect is not expected in this class of materials due to their reduced dimensionality, we observed a prominent Hall response at certain orientations of the magnetic field B corresponding to lattice vectors of the constituent molecular chains, known as the magic angles (MAs). We show that this Hall effect can be understood as the response of conducting planes generated by an effective locking of the orbital motion of the charge carriers to the MA driven by an electron-trajectory resonance. This phenomenon supports a class of theories describing the rich behavior of MA phenomena in q1D materials based on altered dimensionality. Furthermore, we observed that the effective carrier density of the conducting planes is exponentially suppressed in large B, which indicates possible density wave formation.

Original languageEnglish
Article number116805
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume112
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 20 2014
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy(all)

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