Superconductivity in an organic insulator at very high magnetic fields - art. no. 067002

Citation
Lb. Balicas et al., Superconductivity in an organic insulator at very high magnetic fields - art. no. 067002, PHYS REV L, 8706(6), 2001, pp. 7002
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
ISSN journal
00319007 → ACNP
Volume
8706
Issue
6
Year of publication
2001
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(20010806)8706:6<7002:SIAOIA>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
We investigate by electrical transport the field-induced superconducting st ate (FISC) in the organic conductor lambda-(BETS)(2)FeCl4. Below 4 K, antif erromagnetic-insulator, metallic, and eventually superconducting (FISC) gro und states are observed with increasing in-plane magnetic field. The FISC s tate survives between 18 and 41 T and can be interpreted in terms of the Ja ccarino-Peter effect, where the external magnetic field compensates the exc hange field of aligned Fell ions. We further argue that the Fe3+ moments ar e essential to stabilize the resulting singlet, two-dimensional superconduc ting state.