Field-induced gapless electron pocket in the superconducting vortex phase of YNi2 B2C as probed by magnetoacoustic quantum oscillations

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Contributors

  • J. Nössler - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • R. Seerig - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • S. Yasin - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • M. Uhlarz - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • S. Zherlitsyn - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • G. Behr - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • S. L. Drechsler - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • G. Fuchs - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • H. Rosner - , Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids (Author)
  • J. Wosnitza - , Chair of Physics of High Magnetic Fields, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)

Abstract

By use of ultrasound studies we resolved magnetoacoustic quantum oscillation deep into the mixed state of the multiband nonmagnetic superconductor YNi2B2C. Below the upper critical field, only a very weak additional damping appears that can be well explained by the field inhomogeneity caused by the flux-line lattice in the mixed state. This is clear evidence for no or a vanishingly small gap for one of the bands, namely, the spheroidal α band. This contrasts de Haas-van Alphen data obtained by use of torque magnetometry for the same sample, with a rapidly vanishing oscillation signal in the mixed state. This points to a strongly distorted flux-line lattice in the latter case that, in general, can hamper a reliable extraction of gap parameters by use of such techniques.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number014523
JournalPhysical Review B
Volume95
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - 30 Jan 2017
Peer-reviewedYes