Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2005-08-15
Physical Review B, vol. 72, 214505 (2005).
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
15 pages, 5 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.72.214505
We report measurements of the in-plane magnetic penetration depth $\Delta \lambda $(T) in single crystals of ErNi$_{2}$B$_{2}$C down to $\sim$0.1 K using a tunnel-diode based, self-inductive technique at 21 MHz. We observe four features: (1) a slight dip in $\Delta \lambda $(T) at the N$\acute{e}$el temperature $T_{N}$ = 6.0 K, (2) a peak at $T_{WFM}$ = 2.3 K, where a weak ferromagnetic component sets in, (3) another maximum at 0.45 K, and (4) a final broad drop down to 0.1 K. Converting to superfluid density $\rho_{s}$, we see that the antiferromagnetic order at 6 K only slightly depresses superconductivity. We seek to explain some of the above features in the context of antiferromagnetic superconductors, where competition between the antiferromagnetic molecular field and spin fluctuation scattering determines increased or decreased pairbreaking. Superfluid density data show only a slight decrease in pair density in the vicinity of the 2.3 K feature, thus supporting other evidences against bulk ferromagnetism in this temperature range.
Cheong W.
Chia Elbert E. M.
Choi Eun-Mi
Lee Sung-Ik
Park Tuson
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