TOWARDS EQUILIBRIUM GROUND-STATE IN CHARGE-DENSITY-WAVE SYSTEMS

被引:50
作者
BILJAKOVIC, K
LASJAUNIAS, JC
MONCEAU, P
LEVY, F
机构
[1] CNRS, CTR RECH TRES BASSES TEMP, F-38042 GRENOBLE, FRANCE
[2] ECOLE POLYTECH FED LAUSANNE, INST PHYS APPL, CH-1015 LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.1902
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O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We present a study of energy relaxation in two representative charge-density-wave compounds: TaS3 and NbSe3 below T = 0.5 K. The evolution of the relaxation indicates a crossover between a nonequilibrium state and the thermodynamical equilibrium state when the system has been allowed to age. In the equilibrium state the relaxation is thermally activated with an activation energy of approximately 1 K. We interpret these results as long-time dynamics in the network of charge-density-wave dislocations with a critical temperature close to 0 K.
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页码:1902 / 1905
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