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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

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

Uranium ditelluride (UTe$_2$) has attracted recent interest due to its unique superconducting properties, which include the potential for a topological odd-parity superconducting state. Recently, ac-calorimetry measurements under pressure…

Single crystals of the unconventional superconductor UTe$_2$ have been grown in various conditions which result in different superconducting transition temperature as well as normal state properties. Stoichiometry of the samples has been…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-03-11 Y. Haga , P. Opletal , Y. Tokiwa , E. Yamamoto , Y. Tokunaga , S. Kambe , H. Sakai

There is presented a phenomenological description of phase diagram of ferromagnet superconductor URhGe. In frame of the Landau phenomenological theory it was found that phase transition between anisotropic ferromagnetic and paramagnetic…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-23 V. P. Mineev

Magnetic fields typically suppress superconductivity through Pauli and orbital limiting effects. However, there are rare instances of magnetic-field-induced superconductivity, as seen in Chevrel phase compounds [1], organic conductors [2],…

UTe2 is a newly discovered unconventional superconductor, where electron Cooper pairs combine into a spin-triplet ground state. Here we report the specific heat C(H,T) of a high-quality single crystal of UTe2 with a single specific heat…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-06-05 Sangyun Lee , Andrew J. Woods , P. F. S. Rosa , S. M. Thomas , E. D. Bauer , Shi-Zeng Lin , R. Movshovich

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…

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…

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…

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 emergence of superconductivity at high magnetic fields in URhGe is regarded as a paradigm for new state formation approaching a quantum critical point. Until now, a divergence of the quasiparticle mass at the metamagnetic transition was…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-28 Ed Yelland , Jack Barraclough , Weiwei Wang , Konstantin Kamenev , Andrew Huxley

We develop a phenomenological theory for the family of uranium-based heavy fermion superconductors ($URhGe$, $UCoGe$, and $UTe_2$ ). The theory unifies the understanding of both superconductivity(SC) with a weak magnetic field and reentrant…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-10-21 Xilin Feng , Qiang Zhang , Jiangping Hu

Superconductivity in three dimensions is almost universally governed by Ginzburg-Landau mean field theory, with critical fluctuations typically confined to within a few percent of the transition temperature ($T_{\rm c}$). We report that the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-01-15 Sahas Kamat , Jared Dans , Shanta Saha , Daniel F. Agterberg , Johnpierre Paglione , B. J. Ramshaw

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

We solve a long-standing problem about a theoretical description of the upper critical magnetic field, parallel to conducting layers and perpendicular to conducting chains, in (TMTSF)$_2$ClO$_4$ superconductor. In particular, we explain why…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-30 A. g. Lebed

Electron-doped Eu(Fe$_{0.93}$Rh$_{0.07}$)$_2$As$_2$ has been systematically studied by high pressure investigations of the magnetic and electrical transport properties, in order to unravel the complex interplay of superconductivity and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-05-31 A. Löhle , A. Baumgartner , S. Zapf , W. H. Jiao , G. H. Cao , M. Dressel

When a Mott metal-insulator transition is inhibited by a small amount of disorder in the layered dichalcogenide 1T-TaS$_2$, an inhomogeneous superconducting state arises below T=2.1 K, and coexists with a nearly-commensurate…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2010-05-18 P. Xu , J. O. Piatek , P. -H. Lin , B. Sipos , H. Berger , L. Forró , H. M. Rønnow , M. Grioni

We report an unusual persistence of superconductivity against high magnetic fields in the iron chalcogenide film FeTe:O$_{x}$ below ~ 2.5 K. Instead of saturating like a mean-field behavior with a single order parameter, the measured…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-12 I. K. Dimitrov , W. D. Si , W. Ku , S. -J. Han , J. Jaroszynski

We investigate the effect of easy-axis metamagnetic crossover on superconductivity in UTe$_2$ along the $a$-axis through measurements of AC susceptibility, magnetization, and the magnetocaloric effect. In ultra-clean single crystals, we…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-09-26 Y. Tokiwa , P. Opletal , H. Sakai , K. Kubo , S. Kambe , E. Yamamoto , M. Kimata , S. Awaji , T. Sasaki , D. Aoki , Y. Yanase , Y. Tokunaga , Y. Haga