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Microscopic evidence for anisotropic multigap superconductivity in the CsV$_3$Sb$_5$ kagome superconductor

Superconductivity 2022-04-26 v2 Materials Science Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

The recently discovered kagome superconductor CsV3_3Sb5_5 (Tc2.5T_c \simeq 2.5 K) has been found to host charge order as well as a non-trivial band topology, encompassing multiple Dirac points and probable surface states. Such a complex and phenomenologically rich system is, therefore, an ideal playground for observing unusual electronic phases. Here, we report on microscopic studies of its anisotropic superconducting properties by means of transverse-field muon spin rotation (μ\muSR) experiments. The temperature dependences of the in-plane and out-of-plane components of the magnetic penetration depth λab2(T)\lambda_{ab}^{-2}(T) and λc2(T)\lambda_{c}^{-2}(T) indicate that the superconducting order parameter exhibits a two-gap (s+ss+s)-wave symmetry, reflecting the multiple Fermi surfaces of CsV3Sb5. The multiband nature of its superconductivity is further validated by the different temperature dependences of the anisotropic magnetic penetration depth γλ(T)\gamma_\lambda(T) and upper critical field γBc2(T)\gamma_{\rm B_{c2}}(T), both in close analogy with the well known two-gap superconductor MgB2_2. Remarkably, the high value of the Tc/λ2(0)T_c/\lambda^{-2}(0) ratio in both field orientations strongly suggests the unconventional nature of superconductivity. The relaxation rates obtained from zero field μ\muSR experiments do not show noticeable change across the superconducting transition, indicating that superconductivity does not break time reversal symmetry.

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@article{arxiv.2108.01574,
  title  = {Microscopic evidence for anisotropic multigap superconductivity in the CsV$_3$Sb$_5$ kagome superconductor},
  author = {Ritu Gupta and Debarchan Das and Charles Hillis Mielke and Zurab Guguchia and Toni Shiroka and Christopher Baines and Marek Bartkowiak and Hubertus Luetkens and Rustem Khasanov and Qiangwei Yin and Zhijun Tu and Chunsheng Gong and Hechang Lei},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.01574},
  year   = {2022}
}

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9 pages, 4 figures