Uniaxial Stress Technique and Investigations of Correlated Electron Systems

Description

This book reports on the development and application of a new uniaxial pressure apparatus that is currently generating considerable interest in the field of materials physics. The author provides practical guidelines for performing such experiments, backed up by finite element simulations. Subsequently, the book reports on two uses of the device. In the first, high pressures are used to tune to a Van Hove singularity in Sr2RuO4, while the effects on the unconventional superconductivity and the normal state properties are investigated. In the second experiment, precise and continuous strain control is used to probe symmetry breaking and novel phase formation in the vicinity of a quantum critical point in Sr3Ru2O7. Front Matter ....Pages i-xii Introduction (Mark Edward Barber)....Pages 1-11 Uniaxial Stress Technique (Mark Edward Barber)....Pages 13-48 The Physics of \({\mathrm{Sr}}_{2}{\mathrm{RuO}}_{4}\) Approaching a Van Hove Singularity (Mark Edward Barber)....Pages 49-109 Quantum Criticality and Metamagnetism of Strained \(\mathrm{Sr}_3\mathrm{Ru}_2\mathrm{O}_7\) (Mark Edward Barber)....Pages 111-164 Conclusions and Outlook (Mark Edward Barber)....Pages 165-168 Back Matter ....Pages 169-190