Orphan high field superconductivity in non-superconducting uranium ditelluride

Frank, Corey E.; Lewin, Sylvia K.; Salas, Gicela Saucedo; Czajka, Peter; Hayes, Ian M.; Yoon, Hyeok; Metz, Tristin; Paglione, Johnpierre; Singleton, John; Butch, Nicholas P.

doi:10.1038/s41467-024-47090-1

Title: Orphan high field superconductivity in non-superconducting uranium ditelluride

Journal Article · 20 April 2024 · Nature Communications

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47090-1 · OSTI ID:2441383

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National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States). Center for Neutron Research; Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States); Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), Toronto, ON (Canada)
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States). National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (MagLab)

Reentrant superconductivity is an uncommon phenomenon in which the destructive effects of magnetic field on superconductivity are mitigated, allowing a zero-resistance state to survive under conditions that would otherwise destroy it. Typically, the reentrant superconducting region derives from a zero-field parent superconducting phase. Here, we show that in UTe₂ crystals extreme applied magnetic fields give rise to an unprecedented high-field superconductor that lacks a zero-field antecedent. This high-field orphan superconductivity exists at angles offset between 29° and 42° from the crystallographic b to c axes with applied fields between 37 T and 52 T. The stability of field-induced orphan superconductivity presented in this work defies both empirical precedent and theoretical explanation and demonstrates that high-field superconductivity can exist in an otherwise non-superconducting material.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); National Science Foundation (NSF); Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (GBMF)

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001; SC0019154

OSTI ID:: 2441383

Report Number(s):: LA-UR--23-26338

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 15; ISSN 2041-1723

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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