Observation of spin susceptibility enhancement in the possible Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov state of CeCoIn(5).
We report (115)In nuclear magnetic resonance measurements of the heavy-fermion superconductor CeCoIn(5) in the vicinity of the superconducting critical field H(c2) for a magnetic field applied perpendicular to the ĉ axis. A possible inhomogeneous superconducting state, the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) state, is stabilized in this part of the phase diagram. In an 11 T applied magnetic field, we observe clear signatures of the two phase transitions: the higher temperature one to the homogeneous superconducting state and the lower temperature phase transition to a FFLO state. We find that the spin susceptibility in the putative FFLO state is significantly enhanced as compared to the value in a homogeneous superconducting state. The implications of this finding for the nature of the low temperature phase are discussed.
Mitrović
V F
VF
Department of Physics, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA.
Horvatić
M
M
Berthier
C
C
Knebel
G
G
Lapertot
G
G
Flouquet
J
J