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Magnetoresistance measurements on the quasi one-dimensional organic conductor (TMTSF)_2PF_6 performed in magnetic fields B up to 16T, temperatures T down to 0.12K and under pressures P up to 14kbar have revealed new phases on its P-B-T phase diagram. We found a new boundary which subdivides the field induced spin density wave (FISDW) phase diagram into two regions. We showed that a low-temperature region of the FISDW diagram is characterized by a hysteresis behavior typical for the first order transitions, as observed in a number of studies. In contrast to the common believe, in high temperature region of the FISDW phase diagram, the hysteresis and, hence, the first order transitions were found to disappear. Nevertheless, sharp changes in the resistivity slope are observed both in the low and high temperature domains indicating that the cascade of transitions between different subphases exists over all range of the FISDW state. We also found that the temperature dependence of the resistance (at a constant B) changes sign at about the same boundary. We compare these results with recent theoretical models.
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In order to study the spin density wave transition temperature (T_SDW) in (TMTSF)_2PF_6 as a function of magnetic field, we measured the magnetoresistance R_zz in fields up to 19 T. Measurements were performed for three field orientations B||a, b and c* at ambient pressure and at P = 5 kbar, that is nearly the critical pressure. For B||c* orientation we observed quadratic field dependence of T_SDW in agreement with theory and with previous experiments. For B||b and B||a orientations we have found no shift in T_SDW within 0.05 K, both at P=0 and P=5 kbar. This result is also consistent with theoretical predictions.
The phase diagram of the organic superconductor (TMTSF)_2PF_6 has been revisited using transport measurements with an improved control of the applied pressure. We have found a 0.8 kbar wide pressure domain below the critical point (9.43 kbar, 1.2 K) for the stabilisation of the superconducting ground state featuring a coexistence regime between spin density wave (SDW) and superconductivity (SC). The inhomogeneous character of the said pressure domain is supported by the analysis of the resistivity between T_SDW and T_SC and the superconducting critical current. The onset temperature T_SC is practically constant (1.20+-0.01 K) in this region where only the SC/SDW domain proportion below T_SC is increasing under pressure. An homogeneous superconducting state is recovered above the critical pressure with T_SC falling at increasing pressure. We propose a model comparing the free energy of a phase exhibiting a segregation between SDW and SC domains and the free energy of homogeneous phases which explains fairly well our experimental findings.
The anisotropic and non-linear transport properties of the quasi one-dimensional organic conductor (TMTSF)_2PF_6 have been studied by dc, radiofrequency, and microwave methods. Microwave experiments along all three axes reveal that collective transport, which is considered to be the fingerprint of the spin-density-wave condensate, also occurs in the perpendicular b direction. The pinned mode resonance is present in the $a$ and b-axes response, but not along the least conducting c* direction. The ac-field threshold, above which the spin-density-wave response is non-linear, strongly decreases as the temperature drops below 4 K. With increasing strength of the microwave electric field and of the radiofrequency signal, the pinned mode and the screened phason loss-peak shift to lower frequencies. In the non-linear regime, in addition to the phason relaxation mode with Arrhenius-like resistive decay, an additional mode with very long and temperature-independent relaxation time appears below 4 K. We attribute the new process to short-wavelength spin-density-wave excitations associated with discommensurations in a random commensurate N=4 domain structure.
Complementary $^{77}$Se nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and electrical transport have been used to correlate the spin density dynamics with the subphases of the field-induced spin density wave (FISDW) ground state in tmt. We find that the peaks in the spin-lattice relaxation rate 1/T$_1$ appear within the metal-FISDW phase boundary and/or at first-order subphase transitions. In the quantum limit above 25 T, the NMR data gives an insight into the FISDW electronic structure.
Among many Bechgaard salts, TMTSF2NO3 exhibits very anomalous low temperature properties. Unlike conventional spin density wave (SDW), TMTSF2NO3 undergoes the SDW transition at $T_SDWapprox 9.5$ K and the low temperature quasiparticle excitations are gapless. Also, it is known that TMTSF2NO3 does not exhibit superconductivity even under pressure, while FISDW is found in TMTSF2NO3 only for P=8.5 kbar and B>20 T. Here we shall show that both the angle dependent magnetoresistance data and the nonlinear Hall resistance of TMTSF2NO3 at ambient pressure are interpreted satisfactory in terms of unconventional spin density wave (USDW). Based on these facts, we propose a new phase diagram for Bechgaards salts.
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