Influence of Antiferromagnetic Fluctuations on the Fulde–Ferrell–Larkin–Ovchinnikov State in CeCoIn5 |
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Authors: | M Nicklas C F Miclea J L Sarrao J D Thompson G Sparn F Steglich |
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Affiliation: | 1. Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, N?thnitzer Str. 40, 01187, Dresden, Germany 2. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA
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Abstract: | The Fulde–Ferrell–Larkin–Ovchinnikov (FFLO) state is a spatially inhomogeneous superconducting (SC) phase with a periodically
modulated order parameter predicted to appear in sufficiently clean type-II superconductors, close to the upper critical field,
if the orbital pair breaking is small relative to the Pauli-limiting effect. The heavy-fermion superconductor CeCoIn5 is the first material, where different physical probes show strong experimental evidence pointing to the realization of the
FFLO state, even though strong antiferromagnetic (AFM) spin-fluctuations (SF) are present at atmospheric pressure. To study
the influence of the AFM-SF on the FFLO state we performed heat-capacity experiments under pressure. We utilized a newly developed
miniature piston-cylinder type pressure cell specially suited for measuring small samples at high-magnetic fields and low
temperatures (0 GPa ≤ P ≤ 1.5 GPa, 0 kOe ≤ H ≤ 140 kOe, and 100 mK ≤ T ≤ 4 K). We found the second anomaly inside the SC state
in CeCoIn5 can still be observed with pressure, which suppress the strong AFM-SF. The FFLO phase extends to higher fields
and temperatures on applying pressure while the Pauli-limiting effect is becoming weaker and the SF are suppressed. This reveals
the detrimental effect of the AFM-SF on the FFLO phase stability.
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Keywords: | FFLO state heavy fermion high pressure superconductivity |
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