Pressure-induced superconductivity in quasi-2D CeRhIn5

Authors
Hegger, H Petrovic, C Moshopoulou, EG Hundley, MF Sarrao, JL Fisk, Z Thompson, JD
Citation
H. Hegger et al., Pressure-induced superconductivity in quasi-2D CeRhIn5, PHYS REV L, 84(21), 2000, pp. 4986-4989
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
ISSN journal
00319007 → ACNP
Volume
84
Issue
21
Year of publication
2000
Pages
4986 - 4989
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(20000522)84:21<4986:PSIQC>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
CrRhIn5 is a new heavy-electron material that crystallizes in a quasi-2D st ructure that can be viewed as alternating layers of CeIn3 and RhIn2 stacked sequentially along the tetragonal c axis. Application of hydrostatic press ure induces a first-order-like transition from an unconventional antoferrom agnetic state to a superconducting state with T-c = 2.1 K.