FIRST-ORDER TRANSITION BETWEEN WEAK AND STRONG PINNING IN CLEAN SUPERCONDUCTORS WITH ENHANCED SPIN SUSCEPTIBILITY

Authors
MODLER R GEGENWART P LANG M DEPPE M WEIDEN M LUHMANN T GEIBEL C STEGLICH F PAULSEN C THOLENCE JL SATO N KOMATSUBARA T ONUKI Y TACHIKI M TAKAHASHI S
Citation
R. Modler et al., FIRST-ORDER TRANSITION BETWEEN WEAK AND STRONG PINNING IN CLEAN SUPERCONDUCTORS WITH ENHANCED SPIN SUSCEPTIBILITY, Physical review letters, 76(8), 1996, pp. 1292-1295
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
76
Issue
8
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1292 - 1295
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1996)76:8<1292:FTBWAS>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Dilatometric and magnetic experiments on high-quality single crystals of the superconducting compounds UPd2Al3 and CeRu2, which have enhance d spin susceptibilities, demonstrate a first-order transition between weak and strong pinning at T < 0.9T(c) (H > 10 kOe). This is compatibl e with a staggered order parameter due to the formation of a ''Fulde-F errell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov'' state.