Exchange field enhanced upper critical field of the superconductivity in compressed antiferromagnetic EuTe2

Sun, Hualei; Qiu, Liang; Han, Yifeng; Zhang, Yunwei; Wang, Weiliang; Huang, Chaoxin; Liu, Naitian; Huo, Mengwu; Li, Lisi; Liu, Hui; Liu, Zengjia; Cheng, Peng; Zhang, Hongxia; Wang, Hongliang; Hao, Lijie; Li, Man-Rong; Yao, Dao-Xin; Hou, Yusheng; Dai, Pengcheng; Wang, Meng

doi:10.1038/s42005-023-01155-7

Title: Exchange field enhanced upper critical field of the superconductivity in compressed antiferromagnetic EuTe2

Journal Article · 28 February 2023 · Communications Physics

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-023-01155-7 · OSTI ID:1959279

Sun, Hualei; Qiu, Liang; Han, Yifeng; Zhang, Yunwei;

; Huang, Chaoxin; Liu, Naitian; Huo, Mengwu;

; Liu, Hui; Liu, Zengjia; Cheng, Peng; Zhang, Hongxia; Wang, Hongliang; Hao, Lijie;

;

; Dai, Pengcheng;

Abstract Understanding the interplay between superconductivity and magnetism has been a longstanding challenge in condensed matter physics. Here we report high pressure studies on the C -type antiferromagnetic semiconductor EuTe ₂ up to 36.0 GPa. A structural transition from the I4/mcm to the C2/m space group is identified at ~16 GPa. Superconductivity is observed above ~5 GPa in both structures. In the low-pressure phase, magnetoresistance measurements reveal strong couplings between the local moments of Eu ²⁺ and the conduction electrons of Te 5 p orbits. The upper critical field of superconductivity is well above the Pauli limit. While EuTe ₂ becomes nonmagnetic in the high-pressure phase and the upper critical field drops below the Pauli limit. Our results demonstrate that the high upper critical field of EuTe ₂ in the low-pressure phase is due to the exchange field compensation effect of Eu ²⁺ and the superconductivity in both structures may arise in the framework of the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory.

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Research Organization:: Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012311

OSTI ID:: 1959279

Journal Information:: Communications Physics, Journal Name: Communications Physics Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 6; ISSN 2399-3650

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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