Effects of uniaxial pressure in Uranium-based superconductors

ORAL

Abstract

Uranium-based superconductors have been proposed to host a number of exotic superconducting states. In some p- and d-wave superconductors, uniaxial stress is expected to split the superconducting transition temperature between the two components of the order parameter. The anisotropic dependence of this splitting can provide hints about the underlying nature of the superconductivity in these materials. Here, we probe several Uranium-based superconductors using in-situ tuning of uniaxial stress and discuss the implications of the results on the allowed pairing mechanisms.

*Work at Los Alamos was performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Materials Science and Engineering.

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Presenters

  • Sean Thomas

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • Los Alamos Natl Lab

Authors

  • Sean Thomas

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • Los Alamos Natl Lab

  • Frederico Benedetto Santos

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Tomoya Asaba

    • Univ of Michigan - Ann Arbor
    • Physics, University of Michigan
    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • University of Michigan

  • Eric Bauer

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • Los Alamos Natl Lab
    • Condensed Matter and Magnet Science Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos

  • Joe D Thompson

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • Los Alamos Natl Lab

  • Priscila Rosa

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • Los Alamos Natl Lab
    • Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA

  • Filip Ronning

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • Los Alamos Natl Lab
    • Condensed Matter and Magnet Science Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory