Spectroscopic evidence for a first-order transition to the orbital Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov state
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| author | Cao, Zongzheng Liao, Menghan Yan, Hongyi Zhu, Yuying Zhang, Liguo Watanabe, Kenji Taniguchi, Takashi Morpurgo, Alberto F. Liu, Haiwen Xue, Qi-Kun Zhang, Ding |
| author_facet | Cao, Zongzheng Liao, Menghan Yan, Hongyi Zhu, Yuying Zhang, Liguo Watanabe, Kenji Taniguchi, Takashi Morpurgo, Alberto F. Liu, Haiwen Xue, Qi-Kun Zhang, Ding |
| contents | A conventional superconducting state may be replaced by another dissipationless state hosting Cooper pairs with a finite momentum, leaving thermodynamic footprints for such a phase transition. Recently, a novel type of finite momentum pairing, so-called orbital Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) state, has been proposed to occur in spin-orbit coupled superconductors such as bilayer $2\mathrm{H-NbSe_{2}}$. So far, a thermodynamic demonstration, which is key for establishing this exotic phase, has been lacking. Here, we reveal a first-order quantum phase transition to the orbital FFLO state in tunneling spectroscopic measurements on multilayer $2\mathrm{H-NbSe_{2}}$. The phase transition manifests itself as a sudden enhancement of the superconducting gap at an in-plane magnetic field $B_{//}$ well below the upper critical field. Furthermore, this transition shows prominent hysteresis by sweeping $B_{//}$ back and forth and quickly disappears once the magnetic field is tilted away from the sample plane by less than one degree. We obtain a comprehensive phase diagram for the orbital FFLO state and compare it with the theoretical calculation that takes into account the rearrangement of Josephson vortices. Our work elucidates the microscopic mechanism for the emergence of the orbital FFLO state. |
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| spellingShingle | Spectroscopic evidence for a first-order transition to the orbital Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov state Cao, Zongzheng Liao, Menghan Yan, Hongyi Zhu, Yuying Zhang, Liguo Watanabe, Kenji Taniguchi, Takashi Morpurgo, Alberto F. Liu, Haiwen Xue, Qi-Kun Zhang, Ding Superconductivity A conventional superconducting state may be replaced by another dissipationless state hosting Cooper pairs with a finite momentum, leaving thermodynamic footprints for such a phase transition. Recently, a novel type of finite momentum pairing, so-called orbital Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) state, has been proposed to occur in spin-orbit coupled superconductors such as bilayer $2\mathrm{H-NbSe_{2}}$. So far, a thermodynamic demonstration, which is key for establishing this exotic phase, has been lacking. Here, we reveal a first-order quantum phase transition to the orbital FFLO state in tunneling spectroscopic measurements on multilayer $2\mathrm{H-NbSe_{2}}$. The phase transition manifests itself as a sudden enhancement of the superconducting gap at an in-plane magnetic field $B_{//}$ well below the upper critical field. Furthermore, this transition shows prominent hysteresis by sweeping $B_{//}$ back and forth and quickly disappears once the magnetic field is tilted away from the sample plane by less than one degree. We obtain a comprehensive phase diagram for the orbital FFLO state and compare it with the theoretical calculation that takes into account the rearrangement of Josephson vortices. Our work elucidates the microscopic mechanism for the emergence of the orbital FFLO state. |
| title | Spectroscopic evidence for a first-order transition to the orbital Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov state |
| topic | Superconductivity |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.00373 |