Large upper critical field in non-centrosymmetric superconductor Y 2C3

H. Q. Yuan; J. Chen; J. Singleton; S. Akutagawa; J. Akimitsu

doi:10.1016/j.jpcs.2010.10.072

Large upper critical field in non-centrosymmetric superconductor Y ₂C₃

H. Q. Yuan, J. Chen, J. Singleton, S. Akutagawa, J. Akimitsu

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Abstract

We determine the upper critical field ^μ0Hc2( ^Tc) of non-centrosymmetric superconductor Y₂C₃ using two distinct methods: the bulk magnetization M(T) and the tunnel-diode oscillator (TDO) based impedance measurements. It is found that the upper critical field reaches a value of 30 T at zero temperature which is above the weak-coupling Pauli paramagnetic limit. We argue that the observation of such a large ^μ0Hc2(0) in Y₂C₃ could be attributed to the admixture of spin-singlet and spin-triplet pairing states as a result of broken inversion symmetry.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	577-579
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
Volume	72
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2010.10.072
Publication status	Published - May 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

A. Superconductor
D. Critical phenomena
D. Thermodynamic properties

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Chemistry(all)
Materials Science(all)
Condensed Matter Physics

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