Anisotropy of the Superconducting State in Sr2RuO4

Research output: Contribution to journalResearch articleContributedpeer-review

Contributors

  • C. Rastovski - , University of Notre Dame (Author)
  • C. D. Dewhurst - , ILL - Institut Laue-Langevin (Author)
  • W. J. Gannon - , Northwestern University (Author)
  • D. C. Peets - , Kyoto University, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research (Author)
  • H. Takatsu - , Tokyo Metropolitan University (Author)
  • Y. Maeno - , Kyoto University (Author)
  • M. Ichioka - , Okayama University (Author)
  • K. Machida - , Okayama University (Author)
  • M. R. Eskildsen - , University of Notre Dame (Author)

Abstract

Despite intense studies the exact nature of the order parameter in superconducting Sr2RuO4 remains unresolved. We have used small-angle neutron scattering to study the vortex lattice in Sr2RuO4 with the field applied close to the basal plane, taking advantage of the transverse magnetization. We measured the intrinsic superconducting anisotropy between the c axis and the Ru-O basal plane (similar to 60), which greatly exceeds the upper critical field anisotropy (similar to 20). Our result imposes significant constraints on possible models of triplet pairing in Sr2RuO4 and raises questions concerning the direction of the zero spin projection axis.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number087003
Number of pages5
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume111
Issue number8
Publication statusPublished - 22 Aug 2013
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

External IDs

Scopus 84883148811

Keywords

Keywords

  • VORTEX LATTICE STRUCTURES, ANGLE NEUTRON-SCATTERING, CRITICAL-FIELD, LIMIT