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Title: Nodal to nodeless superconducting energy-gap structure change concomitant with Fermi-surface reconstruction in the heavy-fermion compound CeCoIn 5

Abstract

The London penetration depth, λ(T), was measured in single crystals of Ce1-xRxCoIn5, R=La, Nd and Yb down to Tmin ≈ 50 mK (Tc/Tmin ~50) using a tunnel-diode resonator. In the cleanest samples Δλ(T) is best described by the power law, Δλ(T) ∝ Tn, with n ~ 1, consistent with line nodes. Substitutions of Ce with La, Nd and Yb lead to similar monotonic suppressions of Tc, however the effects on Δλ(T) differ. While La and Nd dopings lead to increase of the exponent n and saturation at n ~ 2, as expected for a dirty nodal superconductor, Yb doping leads to n > 3, suggesting a change from nodal to nodeless superconductivity. As a result, this superconducting gap structure change happen in the same doping range where changes of the Fermi surface topology were reported, implying that the nodal structure and Fermi surface topology are closely linked.

Authors:
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  1. Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
  2. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
  3. Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA (United States)
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Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1193220
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1180782; OSTI ID: 1225380
Report Number(s):
BNL-108084-2015-JA; IS-J-8497
Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007; PRLTAO; R&D Project: PM016; KC0201050
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC00112704; AC02-07CH11358; Ac02-98CH10886; FG02-04-ER46105; FA9550-09-1-0603
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 114; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY

Citation Formats

Kim, Hyunsoo, Tanatar, M. A., Flint, R., Petrovic, C., Hu, Rongwei, White, B. D., Lum, I. K., Maple, M. B., and Prozorov, R. Nodal to nodeless superconducting energy-gap structure change concomitant with Fermi-surface reconstruction in the heavy-fermion compound CeCoIn5. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.027003.
Kim, Hyunsoo, Tanatar, M. A., Flint, R., Petrovic, C., Hu, Rongwei, White, B. D., Lum, I. K., Maple, M. B., & Prozorov, R. Nodal to nodeless superconducting energy-gap structure change concomitant with Fermi-surface reconstruction in the heavy-fermion compound CeCoIn5. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.027003
Kim, Hyunsoo, Tanatar, M. A., Flint, R., Petrovic, C., Hu, Rongwei, White, B. D., Lum, I. K., Maple, M. B., and Prozorov, R. Thu . "Nodal to nodeless superconducting energy-gap structure change concomitant with Fermi-surface reconstruction in the heavy-fermion compound CeCoIn5". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.027003. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1193220.
@article{osti_1193220,
title = {Nodal to nodeless superconducting energy-gap structure change concomitant with Fermi-surface reconstruction in the heavy-fermion compound CeCoIn5},
author = {Kim, Hyunsoo and Tanatar, M. A. and Flint, R. and Petrovic, C. and Hu, Rongwei and White, B. D. and Lum, I. K. and Maple, M. B. and Prozorov, R.},
abstractNote = {The London penetration depth, λ(T), was measured in single crystals of Ce1-xRxCoIn5, R=La, Nd and Yb down to Tmin ≈ 50 mK (Tc/Tmin ~50) using a tunnel-diode resonator. In the cleanest samples Δλ(T) is best described by the power law, Δλ(T) ∝ Tn, with n ~ 1, consistent with line nodes. Substitutions of Ce with La, Nd and Yb lead to similar monotonic suppressions of Tc, however the effects on Δλ(T) differ. While La and Nd dopings lead to increase of the exponent n and saturation at n ~ 2, as expected for a dirty nodal superconductor, Yb doping leads to n > 3, suggesting a change from nodal to nodeless superconductivity. As a result, this superconducting gap structure change happen in the same doping range where changes of the Fermi surface topology were reported, implying that the nodal structure and Fermi surface topology are closely linked.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.027003},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 2,
volume = 114,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Thu Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}

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