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Controlling superconductivity by tunable quantum critical points

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  • S. Seo

    (Sungkyunkwan University)

  • E. Park

    (Sungkyunkwan University)

  • E.D. Bauer

    (Condensed Matter and Magnet Science, Los Alamos National Laboratory)

  • F. Ronning

    (Condensed Matter and Magnet Science, Los Alamos National Laboratory)

  • J.N. Kim

    (Pohang University of Science and Technology)

  • J.-H. Shim

    (Pohang University of Science and Technology)

  • J.D. Thompson

    (Condensed Matter and Magnet Science, Los Alamos National Laboratory)

  • Tuson Park

    (Sungkyunkwan University)

Abstract

The heavy fermion compound CeRhIn5 is a rare example where a quantum critical point, hidden by a dome of superconductivity, has been explicitly revealed and found to have a local nature. The lack of additional examples of local types of quantum critical points associated with superconductivity, however, has made it difficult to unravel the role of quantum fluctuations in forming Cooper pairs. Here, we show the precise control of superconductivity by tunable quantum critical points in CeRhIn5. Slight tin-substitution for indium in CeRhIn5 shifts its antiferromagnetic quantum critical point from 2.3 GPa to 1.3 GPa and induces a residual impurity scattering 300 times larger than that of pure CeRhIn5, which should be sufficient to preclude superconductivity. Nevertheless, superconductivity occurs at the quantum critical point of the tin-doped metal. These results underline that fluctuations from the antiferromagnetic quantum criticality promote unconventional superconductivity in CeRhIn5.

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  • S. Seo & E. Park & E.D. Bauer & F. Ronning & J.N. Kim & J.-H. Shim & J.D. Thompson & Tuson Park, 2015. "Controlling superconductivity by tunable quantum critical points," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 6(1), pages 1-5, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:6:y:2015:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms7433
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7433
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