Charge-4e and Charge-6e Flux Quantization and Higher Charge Superconductivity in Kagome Superconductor Ring Devices

被引:22
作者
Ge, Jun [1 ]
Wang, Pinyuan [1 ]
Xing, Ying [1 ,2 ]
Yin, Qiangwei [3 ]
Wang, Anqi [4 ,5 ]
Shen, Jie [4 ,6 ]
Lei, Hechang [3 ]
Wang, Ziqiang [7 ]
Wang, Jian [1 ,8 ,9 ]
机构
[1] Peking Univ, Int Ctr Quantum Mat, Sch Phys, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China
[2] China Univ Petr, Coll New Energy & Mat, State Key Lab Heavy Oil Proc, Beijing 102249, Peoples R China
[3] Renmin Univ China, Dept Phys, Beijing Key Lab Optoelect Funct Mat & Micronano De, Beijing 100872, Peoples R China
[4] Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing Natl Lab Condensed Matter Phys, Inst Phys, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China
[5] Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Sch Phys Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
[6] Songshan Lake Mat Lab, Dongguan 523808, Peoples R China
[7] Boston Coll, Dept Phys, Chestnut Hill, MA 02167 USA
[8] Collaborat Innovat Ctr Quantum Matter, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China
[9] Hefei Natl Lab, Hefei 230088, Peoples R China
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW X | 2024年 / 14卷 / 02期
基金
北京市自然科学基金; 中国博士后科学基金; 中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
MAGNETIC-FLUX; TEMPERATURE; ORDER; PERIODICITY; SYMMETRY; VORTICES; CSV3SB5;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevX.14.021025
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
The flux quantization is a key indication of electron pairing in superconductors. For example, the wellknown h=2e flux quantization is considered strong evidence for the existence of charge-2e, two-electron Cooper pairs. Here we report evidence for multicharge flux quantization in mesoscopic ring devices fabricated using the transition-metal kagome superconductor CsV3Sb5. We perform systematic magnetotransport measurements and observe unprecedented quantization of magnetic flux in units of h=4e and h=6e in magnetoresistance oscillations. Specifically, at low temperatures, magnetoresistance oscillations with period h=2e are detected, as expected from the flux quantization for charge-2e superconductivity. We find that the h=2e oscillations are suppressed and replaced by resistance oscillations with h=4e periodicity when the temperature is increased. Increasing the temperature further suppresses the h=4e oscillations, and robust resistance oscillations with h=6e periodicity emerge as evidence for charge-6e flux quantization. Our observations provide the first experimental evidence for the existence of multicharge flux quanta and emergent quantum matter exhibiting higher-charge superconductivity in the strongly fluctuating region above the charge-2e Cooper pair condensate, revealing new insights into the intertwined and vestigial electronic order in kagome superconductors.
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