210 research outputs found
Ferromagnetic Quantum Critical Fluctuations and Anomalous Coexistence of Ferromagnetism and Superconductivity in UCoGe Revealed by Co-NMR and NQR Studies
Co nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR)
studies were performed in the recently discovered UCoGe, in which the
ferromagnetic and superconducting (SC) transitions were reported to occur at
K and K (N. T. Huy {\it et al.}, Phys.
Rev. Lett. {\bf 99} (2007) 067006), in order to investigate the coexistence of
ferromagnetism and superconductivity as well as the normal-state and SC
properties from a microscopic point of view. From the nuclear spin-lattice
relaxation rate and Knight-shift measurements, we confirmed that
ferromagnetic fluctuations which possess a quantum critical character are
present above and the occurrence of ferromagnetic transition at
2.5 K in our polycrystalline sample. The magnetic fluctuations in the normal
state show that UCoGe is an itinerant ferromagnet similar to ZrZn and
YCo. The onset SC transition was identified at K, below
which of 30 % of the volume fraction starts to decrease due to the
opening of the SC gap. This component of , which follows a
dependence in the temperature range of K, coexists with the
magnetic components of showing a dependence below .
From the NQR measurements in the SC state, we suggest that the self-induced
vortex state is realized in UCoGe.Comment: 5 pages, 7 figures. submitted to J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. To appear in J.
Phys. Soc. Jp
Precise Pressure Dependence of the Superconducting Transition Temperature of FeSe: Resistivity and ^77Se--NMR Study
We report the precise pressure dependence of FeSe from a resistivity
measurement up to 4.15 GPa. Superconducting transition temperature (T_c)
increases sensitively under pressure, but shows a plateau between 0.5-1.5 GPa.
The maximum T_c, which is determined by zero resistance, is 21 K at
approximately 3.5 GPa. The onset value reaches ~37 K at 4.15 GPa. We also
measure the nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate 1/T_1 under pressure using
77Se--NMR measurement. 1/T_1 shows that bulk superconductivity is realized in
the zero-resistance state. The pressure dependence of 1/T_1T just above T_c
shows a plateau as well as the pressure dependence of T_c, which gives clear
evidence of the close relationship between 1/T_1T and T_c. Spin fluctuations
are suggested to contribute to the mechanism of superconductivity.Comment: 4pages, 6figures: to be published in J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. Vol.78 No.6
(2009
Disorder-driven quantum phase transition from antiferromagnetic metal to insulating state in multilayered high-Tc cuprate (Cu,C)Ba2Ca4Cu5Oy
We report on superconducting(SC) characteristics for oxygen-reduced Cu-based
five-layered high-temperature superconductor (Cu,C)Ba2Ca4Cu5Oy(Cu-1245(OPT)),
which includes five-fold outer planes (OP) and four-fold inner planes (IP).As a
result of the reduction of the carrier density, the bulk SC for Cu-1245 (OPT)
takes place at the nearly optimally-doped OP with Tc= 98 K that is different
from previously-reported Cu-1245(OVD) where IP plays a primary role for the
onset of SC. It gives an evidence that the carrier density of the
optimally-doped layer determines its bulk Tc.Static antiferromagnetic(AFM)
order is evidenced at IP's by zero-field Cu-NMR at low temperature,
irrespective of the SC transition at OP's below 98K. This AFM state at IP's is
characterized by a carrier localization at low temperatures due to disorder
effect, whereas the carrier densities in each layer are similar to Hg-1245(OPT)
where the AFM metallic state are realized in IP's. This finding reinforces the
phase diagram in which the AFM metallic phase exists between AFM insulator and
SC states for the case of ideally-flat CuO2 plane without disorder.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
Diamagnetism above Tc in underdoped Bi2.2Sr1.8Ca2Cu3O10+d
Single crystals of (Bi2223) with were grown by a traveling solvent floating
zone method in order to investigate the superconducting properties of highly
underdoped Bi2223.Grown crystals were characterized by X-ray diffraction, DC
susceptibility and resistivity measurements, confirming Bi2223 to be the main
phase.The crystals were annealed under various oxygen partial pressures to
adjust their carrier densities from optimally doped to highly underdoped.The
fluctuation diamagnetic component above the superconducting transition
temperature extracted from the anisotropic normal state
susceptibilities () and ()
was found to increase with underdoping, suggesting a decrease in the
superconducting dimensionality and/or increase in the fluctuating vortex liquid
region.Comment: 6 pages, 7 figures, corrected fig.4 and references, published in J.
Phys. Soc. Jpn. 79, 114711 (2010
Microscopic Coexistence of Ferromagnetism and Superconductivity in Single-Crystal UCoGe
Unambiguous evidence for the microscopic coexistence of ferromagnetism and
superconductivity in UCoGe ( K and
0.6 K) is reported from Co nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR). The
Co-NQR signal below 1 K indicates ferromagnetism throughout the sample
volume, while nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate in the ferromagnetic
(FM) phase decreases below due to the opening of the
superconducting(SC) gap. The SC state was found to be inhomogeneous, suggestive
of a self-induced vortex state, potentially realizable in a FM superconductor.
In addition, the Co-NQR spectrum around show that the FM
transition in UCoGe possesses a first-order character, which is consistent with
the theoretical prediction that the low-temperature FM transition in itinerant
magnets is generically of first-order.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figure
An explanation for a universality of transition temperatures in families of copper oxide superconductors
A remarkable mystery of the copper oxide high-transition-temperature (Tc)
superconductors is the dependence of Tc on the number of CuO2 layers, n, in the
unit cell of a crystal. In a given family of these superconductors, Tc rises
with the number of layers, reaching a peak at n=3, and then declines: the
result is a bell-shaped curve. Despite the ubiquity of this phenomenon, it is
still poorly understood and attention has instead been mainly focused on the
properties of a single CuO2 plane. Here we show that the quantum tunnelling of
Cooper pairs between the layers simply and naturally explains the experimental
results, when combined with the recently quantified charge imbalance of the
layers and the latest notion of a competing order nucleated by this charge
imbalance that suppresses superconductivity. We calculate the bell-shaped curve
and show that, if materials can be engineered so as to minimize the charge
imbalance as n increases, Tc can be raised further.Comment: 15 pages, 3 figures. The version published in Natur
Pressure-induced superconductivity in EuCaFeAs : FeAs-based superconductivity hidden by antiferromagnetism of Eu sublattice
To clarify superconductivity in EuFe2As2 hidden by antiferromagnetism of
Eu2+, we investigated a Ca-substituted sample, Eu0.5Ca0.5Fe2As2, under high
pressure. For ambient pressure, the sample exhibits a spin-density-wave (SDW)
transition at TSDW = 191 K and antiferromagnetic order at TN = 4 K, but no
evidence of superconductivity down to 2 K. The Ca-substitution certainly
weakens the antiferromagnetism. With increasing pressure, TSDW shifts to lower
temperature and becomes more unclear. Above 1.27 GPa, pressure-induced
superconductivity with zero resistivity is observed at around Tc = 20 K. At
2.14 GPa, Tc reaches a maximum value of 24 K and the superconducting transition
becomes the sharpest. These features of emergence of the superconductivity are
qualitatively similar to those observed in AFe2As2 (A = Ba, Ca).Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Coexistence of Superconductivity and Antiferromagnetism in Multilayered High- Superconductor HgBaCaCuO: A Cu-NMR Study
We report a coexistence of superconductivity and antiferromagnetism in
five-layered compound HgBaCaCuO (Hg-1245) with K,
which is composed of two types of CuO planes in a unit cell; three inner
planes (IP's) and two outer planes (OP's). The Cu-NMR study has revealed that
the optimallydoped OP undergoes a superconducting (SC) transition at
K, whereas the three underdoped IP's do an antiferromagnetic (AF) transition
below 60 K with the Cu moments of . Thus bulk
superconductivity with a high value of K and a static AF ordering at
K are realized in the alternating AF and SC layers. The AF-spin
polarization at the IP is found to induce the Cu moments of at
the SC OP, which is the AF proximity effect into the SC OP.Comment: 6 pages, 8 figure
Evidence for High-frequency Phonon Mediated S-wave Superconductivity : 11B-NMR Study of Al-doped MgB2
We report B-NMR study on Al-doped MgB that addresses a possible
mechanism for a high superconducting (SC) transition temperature () of
K in recently discovered MgB. The result of nuclear spin lattice
relaxation rate in the SC state revealed that the size in the SC gap is
not changed by substituting Al for Mg. The reduction on by Al-doping is
shown to be due to the decrease of . According to the McMillan
equation, the experimental relation between and the relative change in
allowed us to estimate a characteristic phonon frequency K and an electron-phonon coupling constant . These
results suggest that the high- superconductivity in MgB is mediated by
the strong electron-phonon coupling with high-frequency phonons.Comment: 6pages, 3figure
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