Multiband nodeless superconductivity near the charge-density-wave quantum critical point in ZrTe_(3-x)Se_x

It was found that selenium doping can suppress the charge-density-wave(CDW) order and induce bulk superconductivity in ZrTe3. The observed superconducting dome suggests the existence of a CDW quantum critical point(QCP) in ZrTe3-xSex near x ≈ 0.04. To elucidate the superconducting state near the CDW...

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Veröffentlicht in:中国物理B:英文版 2016 (7), p.89-92
1. Verfasser: 崔珊 何兰坡 洪晓晨 朱相德 Cedomir Petrovic 李世燕
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Zusammenfassung:It was found that selenium doping can suppress the charge-density-wave(CDW) order and induce bulk superconductivity in ZrTe3. The observed superconducting dome suggests the existence of a CDW quantum critical point(QCP) in ZrTe3-xSex near x ≈ 0.04. To elucidate the superconducting state near the CDW QCP, we measure the thermal conductivity of two ZrTe(3-x)Sex single crystals(x = 0.044 and 0.051) down to 80 m K. For both samples, the residual linear term κ0/T at zero field is negligible, which is a clear evidence for nodeless superconducting gap. Furthermore, the field dependence of κ0/T manifests a multigap behavior. These results demonstrate multiple nodeless superconducting gaps in ZrTe(3-x)Sex,which indicates conventional superconductivity despite of the existence of a CDW QCP.
ISSN:1674-1056
2058-3834