Slow-Motion $^{1}H$ NMR Study of $\kappa$-(ET)$_{2}$Cu[N(CN)$_{2}$]Br

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Abstract

The recent discovery of an anomalous Nernst signal in the pseudogap phase of organic superconductor $\kappa$-(ET)$_{2}$Cu[N(CN)$_{2}$]Br suggests the presence of magnetic flux vortices above T$_{c}$.\footnote{M. S. Nam et al, Nature 449, 584-587 (2007)} We report spin-locked and line-narrowed proton NMR data on the pseudogap phase of this material. These experiments are sensitive to magnetic fluctuations, and probe far slower timescales ($10^{-6}$-$10^{-3}$s) than the previously explored NMR parameter space. Other experiments\footnote{C. H. Recchia et al, Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 3543-3546 (1997)} have suggested that vortices leave an NMR fingerprint at these low frequencies.

*Work at UIUC supported by NSF DMR 10-05708 and the Center for Emergent Superconductivity, USDOE Award No. DE-AC0298CH1088. Work at Argonne supported by UChicago Argonne, LLC, Operator of Argonne National Laboratory, DOE Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357.

Authors

  • J.C. Gezo

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL 61801
    • Loomis Laboratory of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Tak-Kei Lui

    • Loomis Laboratory of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • R.W. Giannetta

    • Loomis Laboratory of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • C.P. Slichter

    • Loomis Laboratory of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • J.A. Schleuter

    • Materials Sciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory