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Interplay of charge density wave and multiband superconductivity in 2$H$-Pd$_x$TaSe$_2$

Superconductivity 2016-03-21 v1 Materials Science

Abstract

2HH-TaSe2_2 has been one of unique transition metal dichalcogenides exhibiting several phase transitions due to a delicate balance among competing electronic ground states. An unusual metallic state at high-TT is sequentially followed by an incommensurate charge density wave (ICDW) state at \approx 122 K and a commensurate charge density wave (CCDW) state at \approx 90 K, and superconductivity at TCT_{\rm{C}}\sim0.14 K. Upon systematic intercalation of Pd ions into TaSe2_2, we find that CCDW order is destabilized more rapidly than ICDW to indicate a hidden quantum phase transition point at xx\sim0.09-0.10. Moreover, TCT_{\rm{C}} shows a dramatic enhancement up to 3.3 K at xx = 0.08, \sim24 times of TCT_{\rm{C}} in 2HH-TaSe2_2, in proportional to the density of states N(EF)N(E_F). Investigations of upper critical fields Hc2H_{c2} in single crystals reveal evidences of multiband superconductivity as temperature-dependent anisotropy factor γH\gamma_H = Hc2abH_{c2}^{ab}/Hc2cH_{c2}^{c}, quasi-linear increase of Hc2c(T)H_{c2}^{c}(T), and an upward, positive-curvature in Hc2ab(T)H_{c2}^{ab}(T) near TCT_{\rm{C}}. Furthermore, analysis of temperature-dependent electronic specific heat corroborates the presence of multiple superconducting gaps. Based on above findings and electronic phase diagram vs xx, we propose that the increase of N(EF)N(E_F) and effective electron-phonon coupling in the vicinity of CDW quantum phase transition should be a key to the large enhancement of TCT_{\rm{C}} in Pdx_xTaSe2_2.

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@article{arxiv.1603.05769,
  title  = {Interplay of charge density wave and multiband superconductivity in 2$H$-Pd$_x$TaSe$_2$},
  author = {D. Bhoi and S. Khim and W. Nam and B. S. Lee and Chanhee Kim and B. -G. Jeon and B. H. Min and S. Park and Kee Hoon Kim},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.05769},
  year   = {2016}
}

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Accepted for publication in Scientific Report