Pressure dependence of the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov state in CeCoIn5
C F Miclea1, M Nicklas, D Parker
1Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Nöthnitzer Strasse 40, 01187 Dresden, Germany.
Abstract:
Pressure studies of the thermodynamics of CeCoIn5 under magnetic fields H parallel to c and H parallel to ab have been made up to P = 1.34 GPa. We recorded the signature of the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) state for all pressures when H parallel to ab. Also remarkably, the FFLO regime suddenly expands for P = 1.34 GPa. With the help of a microscopic theory for d-wave superconductivity, we have extracted the gyromagnetic ratio g and the Fermi velocities nu(a) and nu(c). Our study is the first evidence for the existence of the FFLO state away from the influence of the antiferromagnetic fluctuations. We find a close parallel between the T-P phase diagram of CeCoIn5 and the T-x phase diagram of the high-Tc cuprates, where x is the hole concentration.
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