Abstract
Oscillatory-magnetoresistance measurements have been carried out on various samples of . Compositions ranged from to , carrier concentrations from 3 × to 1.8 × , and most of the samples were type. The Fermi surface was found to consist of prolate ellipsoids oriented along the [111] axis at the points. The ellipsoid-anisotropy ratio has values between 10.5 and 11.2, and within an accuracy of about 10% is independent of carrier concentration and of within the above range. Effective masses and factors were also determined. For example, a sample with and with a hole density of 8.5 × was found to have a transverse mass , where is the free electron mass. The mass was observed to decrease with decreasing carrier density. Clear spin splitting was observed in the [110] and [100] directions in this sample with and . The ratio of spin splitting to Landau-level spacing was found to be approximately 0.68 for both directions. The carrier density as determined by Hall measurements agrees with the number of states calculated from the measured Fermi-surface dimensions. Extra frequency branches such as those observed by Burke et al. in SnTe and in Te were not found.
- Received 10 August 1970
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.3.370
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