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Nodeless Superconductivity in Kagome Metal CsV3Sb5 with and without Time Reversal Symmetry Breaking

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posted on 2023-02-16, 04:04 authored by W Zhang, X Liu, L Wang, CW Tsang, Z Wang, ST Lam, W Wang, J Xie, X Zhou, Y Zhao, S Wang, Jeffery TallonJeffery Tallon, KT Lai, SK Goh
The kagome metal CsV3Sb5 features an unusual competition between the charge-density-wave (CDW) order and superconductivity. Evidence for time reversal symmetry breaking (TRSB) inside the CDW phase has been accumulating. Hence, the superconductivity in CsV3Sb5 emerges from a TRSB normal state, potentially resulting in an exotic superconducting state. To reveal the pairing symmetry, we first investigate the effect of nonmagnetic impurity. Our results show that the superconducting critical temperature is insensitive to disorder, pointing to conventional s-wave superconductivity. Moreover, our measurements of the self-field critical current (Ic,sf), which is related to the London penetration depth, also confirm conventional s-wave superconductivity with strong coupling. Finally, we measure Ic,sf where the CDW order is removed by pressure and superconductivity emerges from the pristine normal state. Our results show that s-wave gap symmetry is retained, providing strong evidence for the presence of conventional s-wave superconductivity in CsV3Sb5 irrespective of the presence of the TRSB.

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Zhang, W., Liu, X., Wang, L., Tsang, C. W., Wang, Z., Lam, S. T., Wang, W., Xie, J., Zhou, X., Zhao, Y., Wang, S., Tallon, J., Lai, K. T. & Goh, S. K. (2022). Nodeless Superconductivity in Kagome Metal CsV3Sb5 with and without Time Reversal Symmetry Breaking. Nano Letters, 23(3), 872-879. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c04103

Journal title

Nano Letters

Volume

23

Issue

3

Publication date

2022-01-01

Pagination

872-879

Publisher

American Chemical Society (ACS)

Publication status

Published

Online publication date

2023-01-20

ISSN

1530-6984

eISSN

1530-6992

Language

en

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