Acta Physica Polonica B

Vol. 34, No. 22, February 2003, page 1059


Single Crystal Growth and Annealing Temperature of Ferromagnetic URhGe

E. Yamamoto, Y. Haga, T.D. Matsuda, Y. Inada, R. Settai, Y. Tokiwa, Y. Onuki

We searched for an experimental condition of crystal growth for a ferromagnetic superconductor URhGe. Samples were prepared for both polycrystalline and single crystals, which were arc-melted and grown by the Czochralski-pulling method in a tetra-arc furnace, respectively. Annealing is an important process in order to increase sample-quality, namely the residual resistivity ratio. We tried to anneal the samples under various temperatures, which were wrapped by the Ta-foil and vacuum-sealed in the quartz ample, together with the solid state electrotransport (SSE) method in ultra-high vacuum.

PACS numbers: 81.10.Fq, 74.70.Pq


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