Linear non-saturating magnetoresistance and superconductivity in epitaxial thin films of YbSb$_{2}$
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| author | Dhara, Rudra Das, Pritam Datta, Sulagna Kulkarni, Nilesh Satpati, Biswarup Raychaudhuri, Pratap Chatterjee, Shouvik |
| author_facet | Dhara, Rudra Das, Pritam Datta, Sulagna Kulkarni, Nilesh Satpati, Biswarup Raychaudhuri, Pratap Chatterjee, Shouvik |
| contents | Rare-earth diantimonides display intriguing ground states often associated with structural order, which can be manipulated in thin film geometries. In this study, we report epitaxial synthesis of one such compound, YbSb$_{2}$, on III-V substrates using molecular-beam epitaxy. The synthesized thin films exhibit large, non-saturating, linear magnetoresistance across a wide magnetic field range. Additionally, they demonstrate superconducting properties, with a critical temperature of $\approx$ 1.025 K and a critical field of $\approx$ 83.85 Oe, consistent with the reports in bulk single crystals. While YbSb$_{2}$ has been classified as a Type-I superconductor in its bulk form, our findings provide evidence of a mixed state in the epitaxial thin films. This work paves the way for controlling the electronic ground state in this class of materials through thin film engineering. |
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| spellingShingle | Linear non-saturating magnetoresistance and superconductivity in epitaxial thin films of YbSb$_{2}$ Dhara, Rudra Das, Pritam Datta, Sulagna Kulkarni, Nilesh Satpati, Biswarup Raychaudhuri, Pratap Chatterjee, Shouvik Superconductivity Materials Science Rare-earth diantimonides display intriguing ground states often associated with structural order, which can be manipulated in thin film geometries. In this study, we report epitaxial synthesis of one such compound, YbSb$_{2}$, on III-V substrates using molecular-beam epitaxy. The synthesized thin films exhibit large, non-saturating, linear magnetoresistance across a wide magnetic field range. Additionally, they demonstrate superconducting properties, with a critical temperature of $\approx$ 1.025 K and a critical field of $\approx$ 83.85 Oe, consistent with the reports in bulk single crystals. While YbSb$_{2}$ has been classified as a Type-I superconductor in its bulk form, our findings provide evidence of a mixed state in the epitaxial thin films. This work paves the way for controlling the electronic ground state in this class of materials through thin film engineering. |
| title | Linear non-saturating magnetoresistance and superconductivity in epitaxial thin films of YbSb$_{2}$ |
| topic | Superconductivity Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.04871 |