Institut für Festkörperphysik, TU Dresden, D-01069 Dresden, Germany.
Phys Rev Lett. 2009 Dec 4;103(23):237003. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.237003. Epub 2009 Dec 2.
The high-field superconducting state in CeCoIn(5) has been studied by transverse field muon spin rotation measurements with an applied field parallel to the crystallographic c axis close to the upper critical field mu(0)H(c2) = 4.97 T. At magnetic fields mu(0)H > or = 4.8 T the muon Knight shift is enhanced and the superconducting transition changes from second order towards first order as predicted for Pauli-limited superconductors. The field and temperature dependence of the transverse muon spin relaxation rate sigma reveal paramagnetic spin fluctuations in the field regime from 2 T < or = mu(0)H < 4.8 T. In the normal state close to H(c2) correlated spin fluctuations as described by the self-consistent renormalization theory are observed. The results support the formation of a mode-coupled superconducting and antiferromagnetically ordered phase in CeCoIn(5) for H directed parallel to the c axis.
通过在平行于晶体 c 轴、接近上临界磁场 μ₀H(c2)=4.97 T 的方向施加磁场的 μ 子自旋旋转测量,研究了 CeCoIn(5)中的高温超导态。在磁场 μ₀H≥4.8 T 时,μ 子的克劳斯因子增大,超导转变从二级向一级转变,正如对保罗受限超导体的预测。横向 μ 子自旋弛豫率 σ 的场和温度依赖性揭示了在磁场范围 2 T≤μ₀H<4.8 T 内的顺磁自旋涨落。在接近 H(c2)的正常态下,观察到自洽重整化理论所描述的相关自旋涨落。这些结果支持了 CeCoIn(5)在磁场方向平行于 c 轴时形成一个耦合超导和反铁磁有序相的模式。