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Real-space imaging of an orbital Kondo resonance on the Cr(001) surface

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  • O. Yu. Kolesnychenko

    (Research Institute for Materials, University of Nijmegen)

  • R. de Kort

    (Research Institute for Materials, University of Nijmegen)

  • M. I. Katsnelson

    (Research Institute for Materials, University of Nijmegen)

  • A. I. Lichtenstein

    (Research Institute for Materials, University of Nijmegen)

  • H. van Kempen

    (Research Institute for Materials, University of Nijmegen)

Abstract

The Kondo effect1 is usually connected with the interaction between a localized spin moment and itinerant electrons. This interaction leads to the formation of a narrow resonance at the Fermi level, which is called the Abrikosov–Suhl or Kondo resonance2. Scanning tunnelling microscopy is an ideal technique for real-space investigations of complicated electronic structures3,4 and many-body phenomena, such as the formation of the Kondo resonance5,6,7,8 or d-wave pairing in high-Tc superconductors9. Theory has predicted that similar, Kondo-like many-electron resonances are possible for scattering centres with orbital instead of spin degrees of freedom—the quadruple momenta in uranium-based compounds or two-level systems in metallic glasses are examples of such ‘pseudo-Kondo’ scattering centres10. Here we present evidence for the orbital Kondo resonance on a transition-metal surface. Investigations of an atomically clean Cr(001) surface at low temperature using scanning tunnelling microscopy reveal a very narrow resonance at 26 meV above the Fermi level, and enable us to visualize the orbital character of the corresponding state. The experimental data, together with many-body calculations, demonstrate that the observed resonance is an orbital Kondo resonance formed by two degenerate dxz, dyz surface states.

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  • O. Yu. Kolesnychenko & R. de Kort & M. I. Katsnelson & A. I. Lichtenstein & H. van Kempen, 2002. "Real-space imaging of an orbital Kondo resonance on the Cr(001) surface," Nature, Nature, vol. 415(6871), pages 507-509, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:415:y:2002:i:6871:d:10.1038_415507a
    DOI: 10.1038/415507a
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