Back to Search
Start Over
Superconducting gap and vortex lattice of the heavy-fermion compoundCeCu2Si2
- Source :
- Physical Review B. 93
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- American Physical Society (APS), 2016.
-
Abstract
- The order parameter and pairing mechanism for superconductivity in heavy-fermion compounds are still poorly understood. Scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy at ultralow temperatures can yield important information about the superconducting order parameter and the gap structure. Here, we study the first heavy-fermion superconductor, ${\mathrm{CeCu}}_{2}{\mathrm{Si}}_{2}$. Our data show the superconducting gap which is not fully formed and exhibits features that point to a multigap order parameter. Spatial mapping of the zero-bias conductance in magnetic field reveals the vortex lattice, which allows us to unequivocally link the observed conductance gap to superconductivity in ${\mathrm{CeCu}}_{2}{\mathrm{Si}}_{2}$. The vortex lattice is found to be predominantly triangular with distortions at fields close to $\ensuremath{\sim}0.7{H}_{c2}$.
- Subjects :
- Physics
Superconductivity
Condensed matter physics
Conductance
02 engineering and technology
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
01 natural sciences
Vortex
law.invention
Magnetic field
law
Condensed Matter::Superconductivity
Pairing
Lattice (order)
0103 physical sciences
Scanning tunneling microscope
010306 general physics
0210 nano-technology
Spectroscopy
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 24699969 and 24699950
- Volume :
- 93
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Physical Review B
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........690bd7188daee651ec8771cc3acb17f1