scholarly journals Restoration of superconductivity in high magnetic fields in UTe2

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (32) ◽  
pp. 2030007
Author(s):  
Andrei G. Lebed
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Superconducting State ◽  
Critical Magnetic Field ◽  
High Magnetic Fields ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Upper Critical Magnetic Field ◽  
Reentrant Superconductivity ◽  
Theoretical Results ◽  
General Method

It was theoretically predicted more than 20 years ago [A. G. Lebed and K. Yamaji, Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2697 (1998)], that a triplet quasi-two-dimensional (Q2D) superconductor could restore its superconducting state in parallel magnetic fields, which are higher than its upper critical magnetic field, [Formula: see text]. It is very likely that, recently, such phenomenon has been experimentally discovered in the Q2D superconductor UTe2 by Nicholas Butch, Sheng Ran, and their colleagues and has been confirmed by Japanese–French team. We review our previous theoretical results using such a general method that it describes the reentrant superconductivity in the abovementioned compound and will hopefully describes the similar phenomena, which can be discovered in other Q2D superconductors.

Superconducting Fractal Multilayers

Fractals ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 05 (supp02) ◽  
pp. 101-117
Author(s):  
A. S. Sidorenko
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Angular Dependence ◽  
Fractal Dimensionality ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Critical Magnetic Field ◽  
Superconducting Film ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Layered Superconductors ◽  
Upper Critical Magnetic Field ◽  
Critical Magnetic Fields

The influence of fractal geometry on superconductivity has been studied for layered superconductors. Superconducting multilayers consisting of alternating Nb and Cu layers with fractal stacking sequence and fractal dimension Df=0.63 including the two limiting cases Df= 0 (single superconducting film) and Df=1 (periodic multilayers) were prepared by electron-beam evaporation in ultrahigh vacuum. The layers of Nb and Cu were put down alternately via computer control of the target shutter. The structure of the samples has been checked with in situ reflection high-energy electron diffraction (RHEED) and Auger depth profiling, confirmed the prescribed layering geometry. Superconductivity was investigated by measurements of the critical temperature of superconducting transition Tc, and of the temperature and of the angular dependence of the upper critical magnetic fields Bc2. The observed dependences of Tc on the parameters of fractal samples are in a good qualitative agreement with the proximity effect theory developed for layered superconductors with a self-similar fractal structure. The behavior of the upper critical magnetic field is directly related to the type of the layering. At low temperatures, all samples show the same two-dimensional behavior essentially governed by the topological dimension of the individual superconducting layers, independent of the fractal dimensionality Df of the samples, whereas for temperatures near Tc the type of layering determines the dimensionality, resulting in a multicrossover behavior of fractal samples. The angular dependence of the upper critical magnetic field Bc2(θ) of fractals corresponds to the theory for a two-dimensional superconductor at all temperatures, reflecting the multicrossover behavior of the fractal multilayers, as long as the temperature-dependent coherence length is comparable with a certain scale of fractal.

Characterization of Superconducting PrBa2Cu3Ox

1998 ◽  
Vol 12 (29n31) ◽  
pp. 3242-3250
Author(s):  
Zhigang Zou ◽  
Jinhua Ye ◽  
Kunihiko Oka ◽  
Yoshikazu Nishihara
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Single Crystals ◽  
Superconducting State ◽  
Magnetic Measurement ◽  
Stacking Faults ◽  
Critical Magnetic Field ◽  
Oxygen Annealing ◽  
X Ray

The crystal structures of superconducting and nonsuperconducting PrBa2Cu3O x crystals were investigated using a single crystal X-ray precession camera. A large amount of stacking faults were observed in h0l reflections of as-grown supconducting PrBa2Cu3O x single crystals. These diffusing could be relaxed after oxygen annealing. Meanwhile, intensities of 003n (n = 1, 2, 3…) diffraction reflections of annealed crystal were increased significantly, indicating that the structural ordering of 1/3n unit cell was improved. Magnetic measurement exhibited that the superconducting state of PrBa2Cu3O x , is sensitive to magnetic fields and the magnetic fields dependence of the flux melting temperature showed that the sample has the smaller critical magnetic field than YBa2Cu3O x.

STUDY OF ACOUSTIC ATTENUATION IN HEAVY FERMION SYSTEMS

2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (15) ◽  
pp. 2081-2090
Author(s):  
KWANG-HUA W. CHU
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Kinetic Model ◽  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Heavy Fermion ◽  
Critical Magnetic Field ◽  
High Magnetic Fields ◽  
Orientation Parameter ◽  
Acoustic Attenuation ◽  
Fermion Systems ◽  
Heavy Fermion Systems

Quantum kinetic model together with the introduction of a field-tuned orientation parameter are adopted to study the acoustic attenuations of heavy fermion systems in high magnetic fields. The calculated attenuation-peak results near the critical (magnetic) field (Bc) obtained here resemble qualitatively those measured before in heavy fermion systems.

THE STUDY OF THE MAGNETIC BREAKDOWN EFFECT AS A FUNCTION OF ANGLE IN THE ORGANIC CONDUCTOR K- (BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2 IN HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS

2002 ◽  
Vol 16 (20n22) ◽  
pp. 3355-3359
Author(s):  
I. MIHUT ◽  
C. C. AGOSTA ◽  
C. H. MIELKE ◽  
M. TOKOMOTO
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Spin Splitting ◽  
High Magnetic Fields ◽  
Organic Conductor ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Tank Circuit ◽  
Quantum Oscillations ◽  
Magnetic Breakdown ◽  
Splitting Factor

The magnetic breakdown effect can be seen by the growth of new frequencies in the quantum oscillations in clean metals as a function of magnetic field. We have studied the variation of the amplitudes in the quantum oscillations in the resistance (the Shubnikov-de Haas effect) as a function of angle in the quasi-two dimensional-organic conductor κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2. The measurements were made by means of a radio frequency (rf) tank circuit (~ 50 MHz) at very high magnetic fields(50T-60T) and low temperature(500 mK). The geometry of the rf excitation we used excited in-plane currents, and therefore we measured the in-plane resistivity. In contrast to conventional transport measurements that measure the inter-plane resistivity, the in-plane resistivity is dominated by the magnetic breakdown frequencies. As a result we measured much higher breakdown frequency amplitudes than conventional transport experiments. As is expected, the angular dependence of the Shubnikov-de Haas frequencies have a 1/cosθ behavior. This is due to the change of the cross sectional area of the tubular Fermi surface as the angle with respect to the magnetic field is changed. The amplitude of the oscillations changes due to the spin splitting factor which takes into account the ratio between the spin splitting and the energy spacing of the Landau levels which also has 1/cosθ behavior. We show that our data agree with the semi-classical theory (Lifshitz-Kosevich formula).

Flow Visualization by Means of Contactless Inductive Flow Tomography in the Presence of a Magnetic Brake

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Ratajczak ◽  
Thomas Wondrak ◽  
Klaus Timmel ◽  
Frank Stefani ◽  
Sven Eckert
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
External Magnetic Field ◽  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Flow Field ◽  
Continuous Casting ◽  
Flow Structure ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Slab Casting ◽  
Two Dimensional Flow

AbstractIn continuous casting DC magnetic fields perpendicular to the wide faces of the mold are used to control the flow in the mold. Especially in this case, even a rough knowledge of the flow structure in the mold would be highly desirable. The contactless inductive flow tomography (CIFT) allows to reconstruct the dominating two-dimensional flow structure in a slab casting mold by applying one external magnetic field and by measuring the flow-induced magnetic fields outside the mold. For a physical model of a mold with a cross section of 140 mm×35 mm we present preliminary measurements of the flow field in the mold in the presence of a magnetic brake. In addition, we show first reconstructions of the flow field in a mold with the cross section of 400 mm×100 mm demonstrating the upward scalability of CIFT.

Upper Critical Magnetic Field of the Heavy-Fermion Superconductor UBe13

1985 ◽  
Vol 54 (5) ◽  
pp. 477-480 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. B. Maple ◽  
J. W. Chen ◽  
S. E. Lambert ◽  
Z. Fisk ◽  
J. L. Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Heavy Fermion ◽  
Critical Magnetic Field ◽  
Upper Critical Magnetic Field ◽  
Heavy Fermion Superconductor

Magneto-optical effects of excitons inBiI3crystals under pulsed high magnetic fields. II. Excitons localized at two-dimensional defects

1993 ◽  
Vol 48 (8) ◽  
pp. 5095-5104 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Komatsu ◽  
K. Koike ◽  
Y. Kaifu ◽  
S. Takeyama ◽  
K. Watanabe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
High Magnetic Fields ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Optical Effects

HIGH FIELD PHASE DIAGRAM OF THE FIELD-INDUCED SUPERCONDUCTING STATE OF λ-(BETS)2FeCl4

2002 ◽  
Vol 16 (20n22) ◽  
pp. 3101-3104
Author(s):  
L. BALICAS ◽  
J. S. BROOKS ◽  
K. STORR ◽  
S. UJI ◽  
M. TOKUMOTO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Superconducting State ◽  
Ground State ◽  
Electrical Transport ◽  
High Field ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Exchange Field ◽  
Organic Conductor ◽  
Field Phase ◽  
Antiferromagnetic Ground State

We investigate by electrical transport the field-induced superconducting state (FISC) in the organic conductor λ- (BETS) 2 FeCl 4. Below 4 K, antiferromagnetic-insulator, metallic, and eventually superconducting (FISC) ground states are observed with increasing in-plane magnetic field. The FISC state survives between 18 and 41 T, and can be interpreted in terms of the Jaccarino-Peter effect, where the external magnetic field compensates the exchange field of aligned Fe 3+ ions. We further argue that the Fe 3+ moments are essential to stabilize the resulting singlet, two-dimensional superconducting state. Here we provide experimental evidence indicating that this state, as well as the insulating antiferromagnetic ground state, is extremely sensitive to hydrostatic pressure.

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