NbIr 2 B 2 and TaIr 2 B 2 – New Low Symmetry Noncentrosymmetric Superconductors with Strong Spin–Orbit Coupling
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- Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics Gdansk University of Technology ul. Narutowicza 11/12 Gdańsk 80–233 Poland, Advanced Materials Centre Gdansk University of Technology ul. Narutowicza 11/12 Gdańsk 80–233 Poland
- Department of Chemistry Princeton University Princeton NJ 08540 USA
- Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science AGH University of Science and Technology Aleja Mickiewicza 30 Kraków 30–059 Poland
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Rutgers University Piscataway NJ 08854 USA
Abstract Superconductivity was first observed more than a century ago, but the search for new superconducting materials remains a challenge. The Cooper pairs in superconductors are ideal embodiments of quantum entanglement. Thus, novel superconductors can be critical for both learning about electronic systems in condensed matter and for possible application in future quantum technologies. Here two previously unreported materials, NbIr 2 B 2 and TaIr 2 B 2 , are presented with superconducting transitions at 7.2 and 5.2 K, respectively. They display a unique noncentrosymmetric crystal structure, and for both compounds the magnetic field that destroys the superconductivity at 0 K exceeds one of the fundamental characteristics of conventional superconductors (the “Pauli limit”), suggesting that the superconductivity may be unconventional. Supporting this experimentally based deduction, first‐principle calculations show a spin‐split Fermi surface due to the presence of strong spin–orbit coupling. These materials may thus provide an excellent platform for the study of unconventional superconductivity in intermetallic compounds.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 1804207
- Journal Information:
- Advanced Functional Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Functional Materials Vol. 31 Journal Issue: 3; ISSN 1616-301X
- Publisher:
- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- Germany
- Language:
- English
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