Spatial control of heavy-fermion superconductivity in CeIrIn5
Abstract
While crystals of strongly correlated metals exhibit a diverse set of electronic ground states, few approaches exist for spatially modulating their properties. In this study, we demonstrate disorder-free control, on the micrometer scale, over the superconducting state in samples of the heavy-fermion superconductor CeIrIn5. We pattern crystals by focused ion beam milling to tailor the boundary conditions for the elastic deformation upon thermal contraction during cooling. The resulting nonuniform strain fields induce complex patterns of superconductivity, owing to the strong dependence of the transition temperature on the strength and direction of strain. These findings showcase a generic approach to manipulating electronic order on micrometer length scales in strongly correlated matter without compromising the cleanliness, stoichiometry, or mean free path.
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, D-01187 Dresden, Germany., School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews KY16 9SS, UK.
- Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
- Institute for Theoretical Physics, Technical University Dresden, D-01062 Dresden, Germany.
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, D-01187 Dresden, Germany., Institute of Material Science and Engineering, Γcole Polytechnique FΓ©dΓ©ral de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, D-01187 Dresden, Germany.
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, D-01187 Dresden, Germany., Physik-Department, Technische UniversitΓ€t MΓΌnchen, Garching, D-85748 Germany.
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA.
- Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA., Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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- Research Org.:
- Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; German Research Foundation (DFG); National Science Foundation (NSF); European Research Council (ERC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1570501
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1617015
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0015947; DMR-1719875; DMR-1157490; DMR-1644779
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Science
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Science Journal Volume: 366 Journal Issue: 6462; Journal ID: ISSN 0036-8075
- Publisher:
- AAAS
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; Strain tuning; Strain engineering; Spatial control; Scanning SQUID microscopy; Unconventional superconductivity
Citation Formats
Bachmann, Maja D., Ferguson, G. M., Theuss, Florian, Meng, Tobias, Putzke, Carsten, Helm, Toni, Shirer, K. R., Li, You-Sheng, Modic, K. A., Nicklas, Michael, KΓΆnig, Markus, Low, D., Ghosh, Sayak, Mackenzie, Andrew P., Arnold, Frank, Hassinger, Elena, McDonald, Ross D., Winter, Laurel E., Bauer, Eric D., Ronning, Filip, Ramshaw, B. J., Nowack, Katja C., and Moll, Philip J. W. Spatial control of heavy-fermion superconductivity in CeIrIn5. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1126/science.aao6640.
Bachmann, Maja D., Ferguson, G. M., Theuss, Florian, Meng, Tobias, Putzke, Carsten, Helm, Toni, Shirer, K. R., Li, You-Sheng, Modic, K. A., Nicklas, Michael, KΓΆnig, Markus, Low, D., Ghosh, Sayak, Mackenzie, Andrew P., Arnold, Frank, Hassinger, Elena, McDonald, Ross D., Winter, Laurel E., Bauer, Eric D., Ronning, Filip, Ramshaw, B. J., Nowack, Katja C., & Moll, Philip J. W. Spatial control of heavy-fermion superconductivity in CeIrIn5. United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aao6640
Bachmann, Maja D., Ferguson, G. M., Theuss, Florian, Meng, Tobias, Putzke, Carsten, Helm, Toni, Shirer, K. R., Li, You-Sheng, Modic, K. A., Nicklas, Michael, KΓΆnig, Markus, Low, D., Ghosh, Sayak, Mackenzie, Andrew P., Arnold, Frank, Hassinger, Elena, McDonald, Ross D., Winter, Laurel E., Bauer, Eric D., Ronning, Filip, Ramshaw, B. J., Nowack, Katja C., and Moll, Philip J. W. Thu .
"Spatial control of heavy-fermion superconductivity in CeIrIn5". United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aao6640.
@article{osti_1570501,
title = {Spatial control of heavy-fermion superconductivity in CeIrIn5},
author = {Bachmann, Maja D. and Ferguson, G. M. and Theuss, Florian and Meng, Tobias and Putzke, Carsten and Helm, Toni and Shirer, K. R. and Li, You-Sheng and Modic, K. A. and Nicklas, Michael and KΓΆnig, Markus and Low, D. and Ghosh, Sayak and Mackenzie, Andrew P. and Arnold, Frank and Hassinger, Elena and McDonald, Ross D. and Winter, Laurel E. and Bauer, Eric D. and Ronning, Filip and Ramshaw, B. J. and Nowack, Katja C. and Moll, Philip J. W.},
abstractNote = {While crystals of strongly correlated metals exhibit a diverse set of electronic ground states, few approaches exist for spatially modulating their properties. In this study, we demonstrate disorder-free control, on the micrometer scale, over the superconducting state in samples of the heavy-fermion superconductor CeIrIn5. We pattern crystals by focused ion beam milling to tailor the boundary conditions for the elastic deformation upon thermal contraction during cooling. The resulting nonuniform strain fields induce complex patterns of superconductivity, owing to the strong dependence of the transition temperature on the strength and direction of strain. These findings showcase a generic approach to manipulating electronic order on micrometer length scales in strongly correlated matter without compromising the cleanliness, stoichiometry, or mean free path.},
doi = {10.1126/science.aao6640},
journal = {Science},
number = 6462,
volume = 366,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {10}
}
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aao6640
Web of Science
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