Single thermodynamic transition at 2 K in superconducting UTe2 single crystals
Single thermodynamic transition at 2 K in superconducting UTe2 single crystals
复制标题
超导 UTe2 单晶中 2 K 的单次热力学转变
作者:
P. Rosa;Ashley Weiland;S. S. Fender;Brian L. Scott;F. Ronning;J. D. Thompson;E. D. Bauer;S. Thomas
UTe2 is a newly-discovered unconventional superconductor wherein multicomponent topological superconductivity is anticipated based on the presence of two superconducting transitions and time-reversal symmetry breaking in the superconducting state. The observation of two superconducting transitions, however, remains controversial. Here we demonstrate that UTe2 single crystals displaying an optimal superconducting transition temperature at 2 K exhibit a single transition and remarkably high quality supported by their large residual resistance ratio and small residual heat capacity in the superconducting state. Our results shed light on the intrinsic superconducting properties of UTe2 and bring into question whether UTe2 is a multicomponent superconductor at ambient pressure. UTe2 is an unconventional superconductor with a putative multicomponent triplet order parameter, but the observation of two superconducting transitions remains controversial. Here, UTe2 single crystals exhibit reduced disorder and a single transition at 2 K, setting new constraints on the multicomponent superconductivity scenario.
影响因子:
64.8
作者:
Duan, Chunruo;Baumbach, R. E.;Dai, Pengcheng
通讯作者:
Dai, Pengcheng