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Evolution of superconducting order in Pr(Os$_{1-x}$Ru$_{x}$)$_{4}$Sb$_{12}$

Superconductivity 2009-11-10 v2 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We report measurements of the magnetic penetration depth λ\lambda in single crystals of Pr(Os1x_{1-x}Rux_{x})4_{4}Sb12_{12} down to 0.1 K. Both λ\lambda and superfluid density ρs\rho_{s} exhibit an exponential behavior for the xx\geq0.4 samples, going from weak (xx=0.4,0.6), to moderate, coupling (xx=0.8). For the xx\leq0.2 samples, both λ\lambda and ρs\rho_{s} vary as T2T^{2} at low temperatures, but ρs\rho_{s} is s-wave-like at intermediate to high temperatures. Our data are consistent with a three-phase scenario, where a fully-gapped phase at Tc1T_{c1} undergoes two transitions: first to an unconventional phase at Tc2T_{c2}\lesssimTc1T_{c1}, then to a nodal low-TT phase at Tc3T_{c3}<<Tc2T_{c2}, for small values of xx.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0411395,
  title  = {Evolution of superconducting order in Pr(Os$_{1-x}$Ru$_{x}$)$_{4}$Sb$_{12}$},
  author = {Elbert E. M. Chia and M. B. Salamon and D. Vandervelde and D. Kikuchi and H. Sugawara and H. Sato},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0411395},
  year   = {2009}
}

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