Evidence for a Novel Pairing State in

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Evidence for a Novel Pairing State in
Noncentrosymmetric Superconductor CePt3Si:
A 29Si-NMR Knight Shift Study
Ref.
• M. Yogi et al., J. Phys. Chem. Solids 67 (2006).
• E. Bauer et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 027003 (2004).
• T. Yasuda et al., J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 73, 1657 (2004).
Kitaoka Laboratory
Nobukatsu Tamura
Contents
・Introduction
The lack of inversion symmetry
The formation of Cooper-pairs
・Experimental Methods
NMR measurement
Knight shift
・Experimental Results
・Summary and Future work
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The lack of inversion symmetry
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Mirror
Not match up !!
Introduction ~ CePt3Si ~
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The crystal structure
CePt3Si
c
Not match up
ab
CePt3Si has the crystal structure with lack of
inversion symmetry.
Introduction ~ the formation of Cooper-pairs ~
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Cooper-pair
s-wave type
Superconductivity is caused by the formation of Cooper-pairs.
Introduction
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Wave function of Cooper pair
ψ(r1-r2;s1,s2) = Φ(r1-r2) F(s1,s2)
orbital
orbital part
even function
Φ (-(r1-r2)) =Φ (r1-r2)
spin
spin part
spin-singlet
F(s2,s1) = -F(s1,s2)
s-wave
d-wave
odd function
spin-triplet
Φ (-(r1-r2)) = -Φ (r1-r2) F(s2,s1) = F(s1,s2)
p-wave
Introduction
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Symmetric
Cooper pair
Non symmetric
spin-singlet or spin-triplet
mixture of
spin-singlet and spin-triplet
s-wave
wave function
d-wave
mixture-state
p-wave
Cooper Pair has mixture state  spin singlet + spin triplet
Investigate that by NMR !!
NMR~Nuclear Magnetic Resonance~
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I = 1/2
Hint
H0
+
H = H0 + Hint
-
Knight shift
ω+⊿ω =γH
ω=γ H0
=γ (H0+Hint)
K
⊿E = hγH0
= hω
±1/2
-1/2
Energy
ω
ω
Zeeman
splitting
⊿ω
ω+⊿ω
+1/2
⊿E = hγ(H0 + Hint)
= h (ω+⊿ω)
K = ⊿ω / ω
Knight shift
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K = ⊿ω / ω
K
ω
ω
spin-singlet
Al
⊿ω
spin-triplet
K = 0 (T<<TC)
K decreases
below Tc .
K doesn’t
decrease below
Tc .
Sr2RuO4
Magnetic order ( T < TN )
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TTN<< TTN
Tc
TN
T < TN
⇒ Magnetic order
T. Yasuda et al., J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 73, 1657 (2004).
29Si-NMR
spectrum
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TN < T
T = 4.2 K
H0 = 2.0012T
0
T < TN
0
T = 0.142 K
H0 = 2.0061T
M. Yogi et al., J. Phys. Chem. Solids 67 (2006).
29Si-NMR
spectrum (T < TN)
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ω =γ H
Si
H = H0 + Hint
0
H0
powder
0
T = 0.142 K
H0 = 2.0061T
M. Yogi et al., J. Phys. Chem. Solids 67 (2006).
29Si-NMR
spectrum Knight Shift T < Tc
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(ω=γH0)
Tc < T
T < Tc
M. Yogi et al., J. Phys. Chem. Solids 67 (2006).
K doesn’t decrease below Tc .
The Cooper pair of this SC is dominant spin-triplet.
Summary
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• CePt3Si is theoretically expected that the lack of inversion
symmetry gives rise to a mixture of spin-singlet and spin-triplet
Cooper pair.
• Knight shift doesn’t decrease below Tc at 2T.
• It suggests that the Cooper pair of CePt3Si is dominated by spintriplet component.
Future work
• Knight shift measurement is necessary
under low magnetic fields.
• Use single crystal sample without disorder.