London penetration depth in fully deuterated $\kappa $-(ET)$_{2}$Cu[N(CN)$_{2}$]Br

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Abstract

We report measurements of the London penetration depth, $\lambda $, for different magnetic field and crystal orientations in fully deuterated $\kappa $ (ET)$_{2}$Cu[N(CN)$_{2}$]Br\textbf{, }an organic superconductor with T$_{C}$ = 11.9 K. $\lambda $ increases dramatically with deuteration and develops a strong magnetic field dependence. The superfluid density exhibits a power law temperature dependence indicative of a nodal order parameter. We discuss possible connections to nanoscale antiferromagnetic domains.

*Work at UIUC supported by NSF DMR 05-03882. Work at Argonne National Lab supported by DOE contract \# W-31-109-ENG-38.

Authors

  • T.A. Olheiser

  • Russell Giannetta

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
  • D.D. Lawrie

    • Loomis Laboratory of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
  • R. Prozorov

    • Ames Laboratory of Physics and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011
  • J.A. Schlueter

  • A.M. Kini

  • U. Geiser

    • Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439