High-resolution magnetostriction measurements of the Pauli-limited superconductor Sr2RuO4
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| author | Kittaka, Shunichiro Kono, Yohei Sakakibara, Toshiro Kikugawa, Naoki Uji, Shinya Sokolov, Dmitry A. Machida, Kazushige |
| author_facet | Kittaka, Shunichiro Kono, Yohei Sakakibara, Toshiro Kikugawa, Naoki Uji, Shinya Sokolov, Dmitry A. Machida, Kazushige |
| contents | We performed high-resolution magnetostriction measurements on the Pauli-limited superconductor Sr$_2$RuO$_4$ using high-quality single crystals. A first-order superconducting transition, accompanied by pronounced hysteresis, was observed under in-plane magnetic fields, where the relative length change of the sample, $ΔL/L$, was on the order of $10^{-8}$. To ensure the reliability of the measurements, particular attention was paid to minimizing the influence of magnetic torque, which can significantly affect data under in-plane field configurations, via field-angle-resolved magnetostriction. Within the hysteresis regime, slightly below the Pauli-limited upper critical field, a hump-like anomaly in the magnetostriction coefficient was identified. Furthermore, a characteristic double-peak structure in the field-angle derivative of the magnetostriction provides additional support for this anomaly. Although these findings may reflect a lattice response associated with the emergence of the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) phase in Sr$_2$RuO$_4$, the possibility of a broadened first-order transition cannot be excluded. Notably, this magnetostriction anomaly qualitatively deviates from the FFLO phase boundary suggested by previous NMR measurements, highlighting the necessity for further experimental and theoretical investigations to elucidate the nature of the FFLO state in this material. |
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| spellingShingle | High-resolution magnetostriction measurements of the Pauli-limited superconductor Sr2RuO4 Kittaka, Shunichiro Kono, Yohei Sakakibara, Toshiro Kikugawa, Naoki Uji, Shinya Sokolov, Dmitry A. Machida, Kazushige Superconductivity Strongly Correlated Electrons We performed high-resolution magnetostriction measurements on the Pauli-limited superconductor Sr$_2$RuO$_4$ using high-quality single crystals. A first-order superconducting transition, accompanied by pronounced hysteresis, was observed under in-plane magnetic fields, where the relative length change of the sample, $ΔL/L$, was on the order of $10^{-8}$. To ensure the reliability of the measurements, particular attention was paid to minimizing the influence of magnetic torque, which can significantly affect data under in-plane field configurations, via field-angle-resolved magnetostriction. Within the hysteresis regime, slightly below the Pauli-limited upper critical field, a hump-like anomaly in the magnetostriction coefficient was identified. Furthermore, a characteristic double-peak structure in the field-angle derivative of the magnetostriction provides additional support for this anomaly. Although these findings may reflect a lattice response associated with the emergence of the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) phase in Sr$_2$RuO$_4$, the possibility of a broadened first-order transition cannot be excluded. Notably, this magnetostriction anomaly qualitatively deviates from the FFLO phase boundary suggested by previous NMR measurements, highlighting the necessity for further experimental and theoretical investigations to elucidate the nature of the FFLO state in this material. |
| title | High-resolution magnetostriction measurements of the Pauli-limited superconductor Sr2RuO4 |
| topic | Superconductivity Strongly Correlated Electrons |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.06938 |