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Title: Spatial control of heavy-fermion superconductivity in CeIrIn5

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  1. Max Planck Society, Dresden (Germany). Max Planck Inst. for Chemical Physics of Solids; Univ. of St. Andrews, Scotland (United Kingdom)
  2. Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States). Lab. of Atomic and Solid State Physics (LASSP)
  3. Technical Univ. Dresden (Germany). Inst. for Theoretical Physics
  4. Max Planck Society, Dresden (Germany). Max Planck Inst. for Chemical Physics of Solids; École Polytechnique Fédéral de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne (Switzerland). Inst. of Material Science and Engineering
  5. Max Planck Society, Dresden (Germany). Max Planck Inst. for Chemical Physics of Solids
  6. Max Planck Society, Dresden (Germany). Max Planck Inst. for Chemical Physics of Solids; Technical Univ. of Munich (Germany)
  7. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  8. Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)

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.

Research Organization:
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
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)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0015947; DMR-1719875; DMR-1157490; DMR-1644779
OSTI ID:
1570501
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1617015
Journal Information:
Science, Vol. 366, Issue 6462; Related Information: M. D. Bachmann et al., Data for “Spatial control of heavy-fermion superconductivity in CeIrIn5.” Zenodo (2019); doi: 10.5281/zenodo.3462534; ISSN 0036-8075
Publisher:
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Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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Cited by: 25 works
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