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Magnetic field induced superconductivity is a fascinating quantum phenomenon, whose origin is yet to be fully understood. The recently discovered spin triplet superconductor, UTe2, exhibits two such superconducting phases, with the second…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-09-10 Sheng Ran , Shanta R. Saha , I-Lin Liu , David Graf , Johnpierre Paglione , Nicholas P. Butch

We report the magnetoresistance in the novel spin-triplet superconductor UTe2 under pressure close to the critical pressure Pc, where the superconducting phase terminates, for field along the three a, b and c-axes in the orthorhombic…

The potential spin-triplet heavy-fermion superconductor UTe$_2$ exhibits signatures of multiple distinct superconducting phases. For field aligned along the $b$ axis, a metamagnetic transition occurs at $\mu_0 H_\mathrm{m}\approx35\,$T. It…

Reentrant superconductivity has been observed in the candidate spin-triplet superconductor UTe$_2$ as a function of the magnetic field applied along the hard axis. Resistivity measurements have shown, a broadened superconducting transition…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-05-11 Yue Yu , S. Raghu

The unconventional superconductor UTe$_2$ exhibits numerous signatures of spin-triplet superconductivity -- a rare state of matter which could enable quantum computation protected against decoherence. UTe$_2$ possesses a complex phase…

There has been a recent surge of interest in UTe$_2$ due to its unconventional magnetic field (H) reinforced spin-triplet superconducting phases persisting at fields far above the simple Pauli limit for H $\parallel$ [010]. Magnetic fields…

Superconductivity induced by a magnetic field near metamagnetism is a striking manifestation of magnetically-mediated superconducting pairing. After being observed in itinerant ferromagnets, this phenomenon was recently reported in the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-03-09 W. Knafo , M. Nardone , M. Valiska , A. Zitouni , G. Lapertot , D. Aoki , G. Knebel , D. Braithwaite

The recently discovered superconductor UTe$_2$, with a T$_c$ between 1.5~K and 2~K, is attracting much attention due to strong suspicion of spin-triplet and topological superconductivity. Its properties under magnetic field are also…

UTe$_{2}$ exhibits the remarkable phenomenon of re-entrant superconductivity, whereby the zero-resistance state reappears above 40 tesla after being suppressed with a field of around 10 tesla. One potential pairing mechanism, invoked in the…

Uranium ditelluride (UTe$_2$) is recognized as a host material to unconventional spin-triplet superconductivity, but it also exhibits a wealth of additional unusual behavior at high magnetic fields. One of the most prominent signatures of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-03-18 Sylvia K. Lewin , Corey E. Frank , Sheng Ran , Johnpierre Paglione , Nicholas P. Butch

The reentrant superconductivity is the peculiar phenomenon observed in paramagnetic metal UTe$_2$ in magnetic field parallel to the hard magnetisation axis. It is difficult to explain it in terms of field dependent intensity of magnetic…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-07-15 V. P. Mineev

The discovery of superconductivity in the heavy-fermion paramagnet UTe$_2$ has attracted a lot of attention, particularly due to the reinforcement of superconductivity near pressure- and magnetic-field-induced magnetic quantum phase…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-01-05 M. Vališka , W. Knafo , G. Knebel , G. Lapertot , D. Aoki , D. Braithwaite

Several unconventional superconducting phases have been discovered close to a metamagnetic transition in the heavy-fermion compound UTe$_2$. Although suspected to be of magnetic nature, the mechanisms stabilizing these superconducting…

It was theoretically predicted more than 20 years ago [A.G. Lebed and K. Yamaji, {\it Phys. Rev. Lett.} {\bf80}, 2697 (1998)] that a triplet quasi-two-dimensional (Q2D) superconductor could restore its superconducting state in parallel…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-12-02 Andrei G. Lebed

UTe2 is a recently discovered spin-triplet superconductor. One of the characteristic features of UTe2 is a magnetic field (H)-boosted superconductivity above 16 T when H is applied exactly parallel to the b axis. To date, this…

The existence of multiple superconducting phases induced by either pressure or magnetic field is one of the most striking features of superconductivity of UTe$_2$, among the many unusual superconducting properties of this system. Here we…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-10-24 T. Vasina , D. Aoki , A. Miyake , G. Seyfarth , A. Pourret , C. Marcenat , M. Amano Patino , G. Lapertot , J. Flouquet , J. -P. Brison , D. Braithwaite , G. Knebel

The heavy fermion material UTe$_2$ hosts a suite of exotic superconducting phases, the most extreme of which resides in a narrow angular window of intense magnetic fields $>$ 40 T. Here we report that in the angular and field regime in…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-05-20 T. I. Weinberger , H. Chen , Z. Wu , M. Long , A. Cabala , Y. Skourski , J. Sourd , T. Haidamak , V. Sechovsky , M. Valiska , F. M. Grosche , A. G. Eaton

Reentrant superconductivity is a phenomenon in which the destructive effects of magnetic field on superconductivity are mitigated, allowing a zero-resistance state to survive under conditions that would otherwise destroy it. Typically, the…

Nonunitary superconductivity is a rare and striking phenomenon in which spin up and spin down electrons segregate into two different quantum condensates. Because they support topological excitations, such superconductors are being seriously…

Intertwined superconducting and magnetic orders may give rise to exotic quantum phases, including field-induced and re-entrant superconductivity. However, such magnetism-enhanced superconductivity has remained elusive in superconductors…

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