In this study, it is shown that in a layered nitride superconductor, i.e., LixZrNCl (0.07<=x<=0.21), the superconducting order parameter is highly anisotropic in a sample with x=0.12, as inferred from both the temperature and the magnetic field dependences of the muon depolarization rate (sigma_s, proportional to the superfluid density). Moreover, the tendency of strong anisotropy with an increase in x is indicated by the T dependence of sigma_s. These observations are in good agreement with the recent theory that predicts the development of anisotropy in a d+id' gap upon carrier filling to the bands with disconnected Fermi surfaces on a honeycomb lattice.
@article{arxiv.0910.5557,
title = {Anisotropic order parameter in Li-intercalated layered superconductor Li$_x$ZrNCl},
author = {M. Hiraishi and R. Kadono and M. Miyazaki and S. Takeshita and Y. Taguchi and Y. Kasahara and T. Takano and T. Kishiume and Y. Iwasa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0910.5557},
year = {2010}
}