Superconducting gap structure of kappa-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2 probed by thermal conductivity tensor.
The thermal conductivity of organic superconductor kappa-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2 (Tc = 10.4 K) has been studied in a magnetic field rotating within the 2D superconducting planes with high alignment precision. At low temperatures ( T < or = 0.5 K), a clear fourfold symmetry in the angular variation, which is characteristic of a d-wave superconducting gap with nodes along the directions rotated 45 degrees relative to the b and c axes of the crystal, was resolved. The determined nodal structure is inconsistent with recent theoretical predictions of superconductivity induced by the antiferromagnetic spin fluctuation.
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Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8581, Japan.
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