Broyles Christopher, Rehfuss Zack, Siddiquee Hasan, Zhu Jiahui Althena, Zheng Kaiwen, Nikolo Martin, Graf David, Singleton John, Ran Sheng
Department of Physics, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA.
Department of Physics, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri 63103, USA.
Phys Rev Lett. 2023 Jul 21;131(3):036501. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.036501.
Spin triplet superconductor UTe_{2} is widely believed to host a quasi-two-dimensional Fermi surface, revealed by first-principles calculations, photoemission, and quantum oscillation measurements. An outstanding question still remains as to the existence of a three-dimensional Fermi surface pocket, which is crucial for our understanding of the exotic superconducting and topological properties of UTe_{2}. This 3D Fermi surface pocket appears in various theoretical models with different physics origins, but has not been unambiguously detected in experiment. Here for the first time we provide concrete evidence for a relatively isotropic, small Fermi surface pocket of UTe_{2} via quantum oscillation measurements. In addition, we observed high frequency quantum oscillations corresponding to electron-hole tunneling between adjacent electron and hole pockets. The coexistence of 2D and 3D Fermi surface pockets, as well as the breakdown orbits, provide a test bed for theoretical models and aid the realization of a unified understanding of the superconducting state of UTe_{2} from the first-principles approach.
自旋三重态超导体UTe₂被广泛认为具有准二维费米面,这已由第一性原理计算、光电子能谱和量子振荡测量所揭示。关于三维费米面口袋的存在仍然存在一个突出问题,这对于我们理解UTe₂的奇异超导和拓扑性质至关重要。这个三维费米面口袋出现在各种具有不同物理起源的理论模型中,但尚未在实验中得到明确检测。在此,我们首次通过量子振荡测量为UTe₂相对各向同性的小费米面口袋提供了确凿证据。此外,我们观察到了与相邻电子口袋和空穴口袋之间的电子 - 空穴隧穿相对应的高频量子振荡。二维和三维费米面口袋的共存以及破裂轨道为理论模型提供了一个试验平台,并有助于从第一性原理方法实现对UTe₂超导态的统一理解。