Unconventional field and angle dependences of the Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations spectra in the quasi two-dimensional organic superconductor (BEDO-TTF)(2)ReO4H2O
C. Proust et al., Unconventional field and angle dependences of the Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations spectra in the quasi two-dimensional organic superconductor (BEDO-TTF)(2)ReO4H2O, EUR PHY J B, 21(1), 2001, pp. 31-37
We report on the inter-layer oscillatory conductance of the two-dimensional
organic superconductor (BEDO-TTF)(2)ReO4H2O measured in static and pulsed
magnetic fields of up to 15 and 52 T, respectively. In agreement with previ
ous in-plane studies, two Shubnikov-de Haas oscillation series linked to th
e two electron and the hole orbits are observed. The influence of the magni
tude and orientation of the magnetic field with respect to the conducting p
lane is studied in the framework of the conventional two-and three-dimensio
nal Lifshits-Kosevich (LK) model. Deviations of the data from this model ar
e observed in low fields strongly tilted with respect to the normal to the
conducting plane. In this latter case, the observed behaviour is consistent
with an unexplained lowering of the cyclotron effective mass. At high magn
etic field. the oscillatory data could have been compatible with the occurr
ence of a magnetic breakdown orbit built from the hole and electron orbits.
However, the increase of the cyclotron effective mass, linked to the elect
ron orbits, as the magnetic field increases above similar to 12 T is consis
tent with a field-induced phase transition. In the lower field range, where
the conventional LK model holds, the analysis of the angle dependence of t
he oscillations amplitude suggests significant renormalisation of tile effe
ctive Lande factor.