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Inhomogeneous Superconductivity in the Heavy Fermion CeRhIn 5 Tuson Park Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, South Korea IOP Workshop, Nov. 10-12, 2012 成 均 館 ( since 1398)
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Collaborators H. Q. Yuan: Zhejiang University, China X. Lu, H. Lee, F. Ronning, E. D. Bauer, R. Movshovich, J. L. Sarrao, I. Martin, Z. Zhu, J. D. Thompson: Los Alamos National Lab. E. Park, S. Seo, S. Lee, D. Shin, S. Shin : Sungkyunkwan Univ. V. Sidorov: HPPI, Russia SKKU Z. Fisk: Univ. California - Irvine I. Vekhter: Louisiana State Univ. N. Curro: Univ. California - Davis. R. R. Urbano: UNICAMP.
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Outline Quantum criticality and superconductivity Inhomogeneous SC state in the quantum critical superconductor CeRhIn5 - Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 077003 (2012) Disorder, magnetism, and superconductivity: Cd-doped CeMIn 5 (M=Co, Rh, Ir) (unpublished)
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Phase diagram of unconventional SCs cuprateFe-based pnictides organics heavy fermion CeRhIn 5
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Non-Fermi liquid at optimal T c cuprateFe pnictides organics heavy fermion CeRhIn 5 Common threads Universial Class of SCs
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Emergent phases near a quantum critical point P. Coleman & A. J. Schofield, Nature 433 ('05) Quantum phase transition is a transition between ordered and disordered states driven by quantum fluctuations at T = 0 K Ordered state δcδc temperature δ temperature –control parameter (δ) phase diagram Ordered state Fermi liquid Quantum critical matter (NFL) Breakdown of Fermi liquid: Δρ T n (n <2), C/T log T 0 /T Continuous source of new emergent states: unconventional superconductivity, metamagnetism (Sr 3 Ru 2 O 7 ), stripes in the cuprates, nematic states in URu 2 Si 2 & Fe-based SCs SC
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Isothermal measurements of CeRhIn 5 as a fn of pressure: (P) (5.2 GPa) Nature 456, 366 (2008) Quantum critical superconductivity in CeRhIn 5 4-fold modulation in field-angle specific heat PRL 101, 177002 (2008) Quantum fluctuations are the origin of the unconventional superconductivity
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Outline Quantum criticality and superconductivity Inhomogeneous SC state in the quantum critical superconductor CeRhIn5 - Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 077003 (2012) Disorder, magnetism, and superconductivity: Cd-doped CeMIn 5 (M=Co, Rh, Ir) (unpublished)
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Q. Li et al., PRL 99, 067001 (2007) resistive transition far above bulk T c Broad tail below the Tc onset temperature for transition in c < ab Textured SC in high-Tc cuprates I. Martin & C. Panagopoulos, EPL 92, 67001 (2010) Y. Ando et al., PRL 92, 247004 (2004)
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Filamentary superconductivity in CeRhIn 5 Filamentary superconductivity due to bad sample quality? Manifestation of a new state of matter in the vicinity of a QCP? T c difference below 1.9 Gpa (Knebel et al., JPCM 16, 8905 (2004))
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Experiments: simultaneous measurements of heat capacity and resistivity under pressure Hybrid clamp-type pressure cell (up to 3 GPa) with silicone as transmitting medium Plug with samples mounted Pb T c as a meausre of pressure
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CeRhIn 5 in the coexisting phase TNTN TcTc T on T c onset in the resistivity is different from the bulk T c determined by the heat capacity Phase diagram for better sample with RRR ~ 1000
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Pressure effects on the T c difference T c difference between resistivity and specific heat only in the coexisting phase TP et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 077003 (2012) a b c T c difference is not from disorder, but from competing orders
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Resistivity anisotropy in the SC transition regioin At 1bar, residual resistivity for J//c is larger than J // ab by a factor of 10 Contradicting conventional expectation, however, resistivity drops to zero immediately for J // c, while it has a long tail for J // ab Resistivity anisotropy only in the coexisting phase
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Textured SC state Broad tail of SC transition in ρ ab is not from heating effects. Additional in-plane anisotropy SC AF SC b c a AF
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Recent neutron scattering in the coexisting phase of CeRhIn 5 Neutron scattering of CeRhIn 5 at 1.48 GPa - Aso et al., JPSJ 78, 073703 (2009). T c corresponds to the bulk T c, where Q 2 completely replaces Q 1 and coexists with SC state T* corresponds to resistive T c => SC & Q2 coexists, while Q1 disappears below bulk Tc SC & Q2 Q1 SC & Q2 b c a Q1 Q 1 = (0.5, 0.5, 0.326), Q 2 = (0.5, 0.5, 0.391)
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Summary & Discussion I Discovery of a textured SC phase in the heavy fermion compound CeRhIn 5 : - T c difference - Resistivity anisotropy among different crystalline axes - Coincidence of Q 2 onset with T c onset Presence of competing phase & proximity to a QCP are keys to the textured SC phase Is textuerd SC unique in CeRhIn 5 ? SC & Q2 Q1 SC & Q2 b c a Q1 Q 1 = (0.5, 0.5, 0.326), Q 2 = (0.5, 0.5, 0.391)
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Q. Li et al., PRL 99, 067001 (2007) resistive transition far above bulk T c Broad tail below the Tc onset temperature for transition in c < ab Textured SC in high-Tc cuprates I. Martin & C. Panagopoulos, EPL 92, 67001 (2010)
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Textured SC in organics (TMTSF) 2 PF 6 pressure Pasquier et al., Physica B 407, 1806 (2012)
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Textured SC in Fe pnictides Chu et al., Science 329, 824 (2010) Fernandes et al., Phys. Rev. B 81, 140501 (2010) (arXiv:1112.2243v1)
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Perspective on textured state Quantum critical SCs seem susceptible to new electronic states Electrons spontaneously adjust themselves to minimize the stress coming from frustration among competing phases Is textured SC state universal? Most likely Add one more common thread to the unconventional SCs Is it beneficial to superconductivity? Probably not in CeRhIn5
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