Anisotropy reversal of the upper critical field at low temperatures and spin-locked superconductivity in K2Cr3As3

Balakirev, F. F.; Kong, T.; Jaime, M.; McDonald, R. D.; Mielke, C. H.; Gurevich, A.; Canfield, P. C.; Bud'ko, S. L.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.91.220505

Title: Anisotropy reversal of the upper critical field at low temperatures and spin-locked superconductivity in $K_{2} {Cr}_{3} {As}_{3}$

Journal Article · Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.91.220505· OSTI ID:1227371

Balakirev, F. F. ^[1]; Kong, T. ^[2]; Jaime, M. ^[1]; McDonald, R. D. ^[1]; Mielke, C. H. ^[1]; Gurevich, A. ^[3]; Canfield, P. C. ^[2]; Bud'ko, S. L. ^[2]

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA (United States)

We report measurements of the anisotropic upper critical field H_c2(T) for K₂Cr₃As₃ single crystals up to 60 T and T>0.6K. Our results show that the upper critical field parallel to the Cr chains, H^∥_c2(T), exhibits a paramagnetically limited behavior, whereas the shape of the H^⊥_c2(T) curve (perpendicular to the Cr chains) has no evidence of paramagnetic effects. As a result, the curves H^⊥_c2(T) and H^∥_c2(T) cross at T≈4K, so that the anisotropy parameter γ_H(T)=H^⊥_c2/H^∥_c2(T) increases from γ_H(T_c)≈0.35 near T_c to γ_H(0)≈1.7 at 0.6 K. The paramagnetically limited behavior of H^∥_c2(T) is inconsistent with triplet superconductivity but suggests a form of singlet superconductivity with the electron spins locked onto the direction of Cr chains.

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Research Organization:: Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11358; DMR1157490; AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1227371

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1198509; OSTI ID: 1258007

Report Number(s):: IS-J-8708; LA-UR-15-24703; PRBMDO

Journal Information:: Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Vol. 91, Issue 22; ISSN 1098-0121

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Country of Publication:: United States

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