Emergent Zeeman-Resilient Superconductivity Beyond the Spin-Paramagnetic Limit in Ultrathin NiBi3

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Hauptverfasser: Sant'Ana, Gabriel, da Silva, Leonardo Pessoa, Schio, Pedro, Möckli, David, Aarts, Jan, Lahabi, Kaveh, Tumelero, Milton A.
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Veröffentlicht: 2025
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author Sant'Ana, Gabriel
da Silva, Leonardo Pessoa
Schio, Pedro
Möckli, David
Aarts, Jan
Lahabi, Kaveh
Tumelero, Milton A.
author_facet Sant'Ana, Gabriel
da Silva, Leonardo Pessoa
Schio, Pedro
Möckli, David
Aarts, Jan
Lahabi, Kaveh
Tumelero, Milton A.
contents The spin-paramagnetic limit sets a fundamental magnetic-field bound for conventional superconductors. Here we show that ultrathin NiBi$_3$ films develop a highly field-resilient superconducting state, with in-plane critical fields surpassing the spin-paramagnetic limit even above 0.9T$_C$. This enhancement is activated by dimensional confinement and depends sensitively on film thickness and morphology. Standard mechanisms, including strong spin-orbit coupling and multiband superconductivity, fail to quantitatively explain the observed robustness. These findings uncover an unconventional pathway for Zeeman-resistant superconductivity in low-dimensional materials beyond known Ising and Rashba scenarios, and further support earlier theoretical predictions of triplet pairing in low-dimensional NiBi$_3$.
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spellingShingle Emergent Zeeman-Resilient Superconductivity Beyond the Spin-Paramagnetic Limit in Ultrathin NiBi3
Sant'Ana, Gabriel
da Silva, Leonardo Pessoa
Schio, Pedro
Möckli, David
Aarts, Jan
Lahabi, Kaveh
Tumelero, Milton A.
Superconductivity
The spin-paramagnetic limit sets a fundamental magnetic-field bound for conventional superconductors. Here we show that ultrathin NiBi$_3$ films develop a highly field-resilient superconducting state, with in-plane critical fields surpassing the spin-paramagnetic limit even above 0.9T$_C$. This enhancement is activated by dimensional confinement and depends sensitively on film thickness and morphology. Standard mechanisms, including strong spin-orbit coupling and multiband superconductivity, fail to quantitatively explain the observed robustness. These findings uncover an unconventional pathway for Zeeman-resistant superconductivity in low-dimensional materials beyond known Ising and Rashba scenarios, and further support earlier theoretical predictions of triplet pairing in low-dimensional NiBi$_3$.
title Emergent Zeeman-Resilient Superconductivity Beyond the Spin-Paramagnetic Limit in Ultrathin NiBi3
topic Superconductivity
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.14590