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Sep 5, 2017

Spin-singlet superconductivity in the doped topological crystalline insulator Sn0.96In0.04Te

Physical Review B
  • Satoki Maeda
  • ,
  • Ryohei Hirose
  • ,
  • Kazuaki Matano
  • ,
  • Mario Novak
  • ,
  • Yoichi Ando
  • ,
  • Guo-qing Zheng

Volume
96
Number
10
First page
104502-1
Last page
104502-5
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.96.104502
Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC

The In-doped topological crystalline insulator Sn1-x In-x Te is a candidate for a topological superconductor, where a pseudo-spin-triplet state has been proposed. To clarify the spin symmetry of Sn1-x In-x Te, we perform Te-125-nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements in polycrystalline samples with 0 <= x <= 0.15. The penetration depth calculated from the NMR line width is T independent below half the superconducting transition temperature (T-c) in polycrystalline Sn0.96In0.04Te, which indicates a fully opened superconducting gap. In this sample, the spin susceptibility measured by the spin Knight shift (K-s) at an external magnetic field of H-mu 0(0) = 0.0872 T decreases below T-c, and K-s(T = 0)/K-s(T = T-c) reaches 0.36 +/- 0.10, which is far below the limiting value 2/3 expected for a spin-triplet state for a cubic crystal structure. Our result indicates that polycrystalline Sn0.96In0.04Te is a spin-singlet superconductor.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.96.104502
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000409253700007&DestApp=WOS_CPL
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  • DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevB.96.104502
  • ISSN : 2469-9950
  • eISSN : 2469-9969
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000409253700007

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