Nodal quasiparticle dynamics in the heavy fermion superconductor CeCoIn5 revealed by precision microwave spectroscopy

C. J. S. Truncik, W. A. Huttema, P. J. Turner, S. Özcan, N. C. Murphy, P. R. Carrière, E. Thewalt, K. J. Morse, A. J. Koenig, J. L. Sarrao and D. M. Broun ()
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C. J. S. Truncik: Simon Fraser University
W. A. Huttema: Simon Fraser University
P. J. Turner: Simon Fraser University
S. Özcan: Cavendish Laboratory, Madingley Road
N. C. Murphy: Simon Fraser University
P. R. Carrière: Simon Fraser University
E. Thewalt: Simon Fraser University
K. J. Morse: Simon Fraser University
A. J. Koenig: Simon Fraser University
J. L. Sarrao: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos
D. M. Broun: Simon Fraser University

Nature Communications, 2013, vol. 4, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: Abstract CeCoIn5 is a heavy fermion superconductor with strong similarities to the high-Tc cuprates, including quasi-two-dimensionality, proximity to antiferromagnetism and probable d-wave pairing arising from a non-Fermi-liquid normal state. Experiments allowing detailed comparisons of their electronic properties are of particular interest, but in most cases are difficult to realize, due to their very different transition temperatures. Here we use low-temperature microwave spectroscopy to study the charge dynamics of the CeCoIn5 superconducting state. The similarities to cuprates, in particular to ultra-clean YBa2Cu3Oy, are striking: the frequency and temperature dependence of the quasiparticle conductivity are instantly recognizable, a consequence of rapid suppression of quasiparticle scattering below Tc; and penetration-depth data, when properly treated, reveal a clean, linear temperature dependence of the quasiparticle contribution to superfluid density. The measurements also expose key differences, including prominent multiband effects and a temperature-dependent renormalization of the quasiparticle mass.

Date: 2013
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