Possible Tricritical Behavior and Anomalous Lattice Softening in van der Waals Itinerant Ferromagnet FeGeTe under High Pressure
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Abstract
We present a high-pressure study of van der Waals ferromagnetic metal FeGeTe through electrical transport and Raman scattering measurements in diamond anvil cells at pressures up to 22.4 GPa. Upon compression, the ferromagnetic transition temperature manifested by a kink in resistance curve decreases monotonically and becomes undiscernable around GPa, indicative of suppression of the itinerant ferromagnetism. Meanwhile, by fitting the low temperature resistance to the Fermi liquid behavior of , we found that shows a cusp-like anomaly and the coefficient diverges around . These transport anomalies imply a tricritical point as commonly observed in itinerant ferromagnets under pressure. Unexpectedly, the Raman-active and modes soften remarkably after an initial weak hardening and the peak widths of both modes broaden evidently on approaching , followed by complete disappearance of both modes above this critical pressure. A possible underlying mechanism for such anomalous lattice softening near is discussed. -
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