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Carrier relaxation dynamics in heavy fermion compounds

J. Demsar, L. A. Tracy, R. D. Averitt, S. A. Trugman, J. L. Sarrao, A. J. Taylor

cond-mat.str-elarXiv:cond-mat/0201194

Abstract

The first femtosecond carrier relaxation dynamics studies in heavy fermion compounds are presented. The carrier relaxation time shows a dramatic hundred-fold increase below the Kondo temperature revealing a dramatic sensitivity to the electronic density of states near the Fermi level.

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