Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2003-12-02
Phys. Rev. B 70, 020506(R) (2004)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
5 pages, 4 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.70.020506
Ultrasound velocity measurements of the unconventional superconductor CeCoIn_5 with extremely large Pauli paramagnetic susceptibility reveal an unusual structural transformation of the flux line lattice (FLL) in the vicinity of the upper critical field. The transition field coincides with that at which heat capacity measurements reveal a second order phase transition. The lowering of the sound velocity at the transition is consistent with the collapse of the FLL tilt modulus and a crossover to quasi two-dimensional FLL pinning. These results provide a strong evidence that the high field state is the Fulde-Ferrel-Larkin-Ovchinikov phase, in which the order parameter is spatially modulated and has planar nodes aligned perpendicular to the vortices.
der Beek Cornelis J. van
Hanaguri Tetsuo
Izawa Koichi
Kasahara Yasushi
Matsuda Yuichi
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