From orbital to paramagnetic pair breaking in layered superconductor 2H-NbS$_2$

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Main Authors: Pizzirani, Davide, Ottenbros, Thom, van Rijssel, Maró, Zheliuk, Oleksandr, Kreminska, Yulia, Rösner, Malte, Linnartz, Jasper, de Visser, Anne, Hussey, Nigel, Ye, Jianting, Wiedmann, Steffen, van Delft, Maarten
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author Pizzirani, Davide
Ottenbros, Thom
van Rijssel, Maró
Zheliuk, Oleksandr
Kreminska, Yulia
Rösner, Malte
Linnartz, Jasper
de Visser, Anne
Hussey, Nigel
Ye, Jianting
Wiedmann, Steffen
van Delft, Maarten
author_facet Pizzirani, Davide
Ottenbros, Thom
van Rijssel, Maró
Zheliuk, Oleksandr
Kreminska, Yulia
Rösner, Malte
Linnartz, Jasper
de Visser, Anne
Hussey, Nigel
Ye, Jianting
Wiedmann, Steffen
van Delft, Maarten
contents The superconducting transition metal dichalcogenides 2H-NbSe$_2$ and 2H-NbS$_2$ are intensively studied on account of their unique electronic properties such as Ising superconductivity, found in multi- and monolayers, with upper critical fields beyond the Pauli limit. Even in bulk crystals, there are reports of multiband superconductivity and exotic states, such as the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov phase. In this work, we investigate the superconducting properties of 2H-NbS$_2$ through a detailed high-field mapping of the phase diagram by means of magnetotransport and magnetostriction experiments. We compare the phase diagram between bulk crystals and a 6~nm thick flake of 2H-NbS$_2$ and find a drastically enhanced Maki parameter in the flake, signifying a change of the relevant pair breaking mechanism from orbital to paramagnetic pair breaking, which we attribute to an effect of enhanced spin-orbit coupling.
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spellingShingle From orbital to paramagnetic pair breaking in layered superconductor 2H-NbS$_2$
Pizzirani, Davide
Ottenbros, Thom
van Rijssel, Maró
Zheliuk, Oleksandr
Kreminska, Yulia
Rösner, Malte
Linnartz, Jasper
de Visser, Anne
Hussey, Nigel
Ye, Jianting
Wiedmann, Steffen
van Delft, Maarten
Superconductivity
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
The superconducting transition metal dichalcogenides 2H-NbSe$_2$ and 2H-NbS$_2$ are intensively studied on account of their unique electronic properties such as Ising superconductivity, found in multi- and monolayers, with upper critical fields beyond the Pauli limit. Even in bulk crystals, there are reports of multiband superconductivity and exotic states, such as the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov phase. In this work, we investigate the superconducting properties of 2H-NbS$_2$ through a detailed high-field mapping of the phase diagram by means of magnetotransport and magnetostriction experiments. We compare the phase diagram between bulk crystals and a 6~nm thick flake of 2H-NbS$_2$ and find a drastically enhanced Maki parameter in the flake, signifying a change of the relevant pair breaking mechanism from orbital to paramagnetic pair breaking, which we attribute to an effect of enhanced spin-orbit coupling.
title From orbital to paramagnetic pair breaking in layered superconductor 2H-NbS$_2$
topic Superconductivity
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.03461