We report the phase diagram of λ-(BETS)2GaCl4 from rf penetration depth measurements with a tunnel diode oscillator in a pulsed magnetic field. We examined four samples with 1100 field sweeps in a range of angles with the magnetic field parallel and perpendicular to the conducting planes. In the parallel direction, Hc2 appears to include a tricritical point at 1.6 K and 10 T with a phase line that increases to 11 T as the temperature is decreased to} 500 mK. The second phase line forms a clearly defined high field low temperature region satisfying several of the conditions of the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) state. We show remarkably good fits of Hc2 to WHH in the reentrant α>1, λso=0 regime. We also note a sharp angle dependence of the phase diagram about the field parallel orientation that characterizes Pauli paramagnetic limiting and further supports the possibility of FFLO behavior. Unrelated to the FFLO study, at fields and temperatures below Hc2 and Tc, we find rich structure in the penetration depth data that we attribute to impurities at the surface altering the superconducting properties while maintaining the same crystallographic axes as Hc2.
@article{arxiv.1003.6088,
title = {Superconducting phase diagram and FFLO signature in $\lambda$-(BETS)$_2$GaCl$_4$ from rf penetration depth measurements},
author = {William A. Coniglio and Laurel E. Winter and Kyuil Cho and C. C. Agosta and B. Fravel and L. K. Montgomery},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.6088},
year = {2015}
}