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Field Dependence of the Ground State in the Exotic Superconductor CeCoIn5: A Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Investigation

G. Koutroulakis, V. F. Mitrović, M. Horvatić, C. Berthier, G. Lapertot, J. Flouquet

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.047004 · Physical Review Letters

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Abstract

We report In115 nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements in CeCoIn5 at low temperature (T≈70 mK) as a function of the magnetic field (H0) from 2 to 13.5 T applied perpendicular to the c^ axis. A NMR line shift reveals that below 10 T the spin susceptibility increases as H0. We associate this with an increase of the density of states due to the Zeeman and Doppler-shifted quasiparticles extended outside the vortex cores in a d-wave superconductor. Above 10 T a new superconducting state is stabilized, possibly the modulated phase predicted by Fulde, Ferrell, Larkin, and Ovchinnikov. This phase is clearly identified by a strong and linear increase of the NMR shift with the field, before a jump at the first order transition to the normal state.

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FormulaReported Tc (K)Pressure (GPa)Type
CeCoIn5

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