Non-Lifshitz-Kosevich field- and temperature-dependent amplitude of quantum oscillations in the quasi-two dimensional metal θ-(ET)₄ZnBr₄(C₆H₄Cl₂)

J Phys Condens Matter. 2015 Aug 12;27(31):315601. doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/27/31/315601. Epub 2015 Jul 20.

Abstract

According to band structure calculations, the Fermi surface of the quasi-two dimensional metal θ-(ET)4ZnBr4(C6H4Cl2) illustrates the linear chain of coupled orbits model. Accordingly, de Haas-van Alphen oscillations spectra recorded in pulsed magnetic field of up to 55 T evidence many Fourier components, the frequency of which are linear combinations of the frequencies relevant to the closed α and the magnetic breakdown β orbits. The field and temperature dependence of their amplitude are quantitatively accounted for by analytic calculations including, beyond the Lifshitz-Kosevich formula, second-order terms in damping factors due to the oscillation of the chemical potential as the magnetic field varies. Whereas these second-order terms are negligible for the orbits α, β and 2β-α, they are solely responsible for the 'forbidden orbit' β-α and its harmonic and have a significant influence on Fourier components such as 2α and β+α, yielding strongly non-Lifshitz-Kosevich behaviour in the latter case.