2007/07/27 by V. F. Mitrović, G. Koutroulakis, M.-A. Vachon +5
Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Iron-based superconductors research #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #Rare-earth and actinide compounds #cond-mat.str-el #cond-mat.supr-con
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.physb.2007.10.074
published as Physics B, 403, 986-989 (2008) · 4 pages, submitted to Proceedings of SCES'07
arxiv created 2007/07/27 · openalex publication_date 2007/10/24 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/08/23 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We report 115In nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements in the heavy-fermion superconductor CeCoIn5 as a function of temperature in different magnetic fields applied parallel to the ( a, b) plane. The measurements probe a part of the phase diagram in the vicinity of the superconducting critical field Hc2 where a possible inhomogeneous superconducting state, Fulde-Ferrel-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO), is stabilized. We have identified clear NMR signatures of two phase transitions occurring in this part of the phase diagram. The first order phase transitions are characterized by the sizable discontinuity of the shift. We find that a continuous second order phase transition from the superconducting to the FFLO state occurs at temperature below which the shift becomes temperature independent. We have compiled the first phase diagram of CeCoIn5 in the vicinity of Hc2 from NMR data and found that it is in agreement with the one determined by thermodynamic measurements.