Materials Research Society, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, (893), 2005
DOI: 10.1557/proc-0893-jj05-08
Ultrafast Phenomena XV, p. 603-605
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-68781-8_194
15th International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena
DOI: 10.1364/up.2006.mh1
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AbstractTime-resolved photoinduced reflectivity data were measured for the itinerant antiferromagnet UNiGa5 (TN ≈ 85 K) from room temperature down to 10 K. The relaxation time τ increases sharply near TN, which we attribute to the opening of a spin gap. In addition, at the lowest temperatures τ increases with a T1 dependence, which is similar to that shown by the heavy fermion YbAgCu4, but with no blocking of electron-phonon scattering within the DOS peak. The transient amplitude increase at TN with a temperature dependence that is consistent with the appearance of a spin gap.