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Hybridization gap and $f$-electron effect evolutions with Cd- and Sn-doping in CeCoIn$_5$ via infrared spectroscopy

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2025-09-25 v1

Abstract

We investigated hole (Cd)- and electron (Sn)-doped CeCoIn5_5 (CeCo(In1xTx_{1-x}T_x)5_5 (TT = Cd or Sn)) using infrared spectroscopy. Doping-dependent hybridization gap distribution functions were obtained from the optical conductivity spectra based on the periodic Anderson model formalism. The hybridization gap distribution exhibits two components: in-plane and out-of-plane hybridization gaps. The doping-dependent evolution of the two gaps indicated that the out-of-plane gap was more sensitive to doping. Furthermore, the magnetic optical resistivity exhibited a doping-dependent evolution of the ff-electron amplitude. The two dopant types exhibited different physical properties depending on the level of doping. The Sn dopant increases the ff-electron amplitude, whereas the Cd dopant does not affect the ff-electron amplitude. Doping-dependent effective mass is peaked at pure (or undoped) CeCoIn5_5. Our spectroscopic results may help understand the doping-dependent electronic evolution of one of the canonical heavy fermion systems, CeCoIn5_5.

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@article{arxiv.2509.19684,
  title  = {Hybridization gap and $f$-electron effect evolutions with Cd- and Sn-doping in CeCoIn$_5$ via infrared spectroscopy},
  author = {Myounghoon Lee and Yu-Seong Seo and Seulki Roh and Seokbae Lee and Jihyun Kim and Tuson Park and Jungseek Hwang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.19684},
  year   = {2025}
}

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19 pages, 8 figures