Magnetic penetration depth in noncentrosymmetric Re$_3$W

ORAL

Abstract

The magnetic penetration depth is one of the most fundamental characteristics of a superconductor. We report measurements of temperature dependence of the penetration depth $\lambda$ in Re$_3$W- a superconductor without inversion symmetry. The penetration depth was extracted from dc magnetic susceptibility, measured on aligned quenched powder in epoxy using a SQUID magnetometer. At present, based on the low-temperature behavior of the superfluid density 1/$\lambda^2$, we see no evidence of unconventional behavior, i.e we see a fully-gapped state. Higher resolution data at low temperatures are needed to decide the case. ORNL is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC for USDOE under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725

Authors

  • Y. Zuev

    ORNL, Oak Ridge Nat'l Lab, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • V. Kuznetsova

    University of Tennessee, U. of Tennessee

  • James R Thompson

    University of Tennessee, ORNL, University of Tennessee, Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996;Condensed Matter Sciences Division, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, U. of Tennessee, The University of Tennessee

  • David Christen

    ORNL, Oak Ridge National Lab