Angle-dependent evolution of the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov state in an organic superconductor
Angle-dependent evolution of the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov state in an organic superconductor
Beyer, R.; Bergk, B.; Yasin, S.; Schlueter, J. A.; Wosnitza, J.
We report magnetic-field and angular-dependent high-resolution specific-heat measurements of the organic superconductor β′′-(BEDT-TTF)2SF5CH2CF2SO3. When the magnetic field is aligned precisely within the conducting BEDT-TTF layer, at low temperatures a clear upturn of the upper critical field beyond the Pauli limit of 9.73 T is observed, hinting at the emergence of a Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov state. This upturn disappears when the field is oriented out of plane by more than ∼0.5 deg. For smaller out-of-plane angles, the specific-heat anomaly at Tc sharpens and a second peaky phase transition appears within the superconducting state.
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Physical Review Letters 109(2012), 027003
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.027003
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