Improved Single-Crystal Growth of Sr2RuO4

被引：37

作者：

Bobowski, Jake S. ^{[1
,2
]}

Kikugawa, Naoki ^{[3
]}

Miyoshi, Takuto ^{[1
]}

Suwa, Haruki ^{[1
]}

Xu, Han-shu ^{[1
,4
]}

Yonezawa, Shingo ^{[1
]}

Sokolov, Dmitry A. ^{[5
]}

Mackenzie, Andrew P. ^{[5
]}

Maeno, Yoshiteru ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Kyoto Univ, Dept Phys, Kyoto 6068502, Japan

[2] Univ British Columbia, Dept Phys, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada

[3] Natl Inst Mat Sci, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3050003, Japan

[4] Univ Sci & Technol China, Hefei Natl Lab Phys Sci Microscale, Hefei 230026, Anhui, Peoples R China

[5] Max Plank Inst Chem Phys Solids, D-01187 Dresden, Germany

来源：

CONDENSED MATTER | 2019年 / 4卷 / 01期

关键词：

Sr2RuO4; superconductivity; single-crystal growth; floating zone; feed rod; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; PEROVSKITE;

D O I：

10.3390/condmat4010006

中图分类号：

O469 [凝聚态物理学];

学科分类号：

070205 ;

摘要：

High-quality single crystals are essentially needed for the investigation of the novel bulk properties of unconventional superconductors. The availability of such crystals grown by the floating-zone method has helped to unveil the unconventional superconductivity of the layered perovskite Sr2RuO4, which is considered as a strong candidate of a topological spin-triplet superconductor. Yet, recent progress of investigations urges further efforts to obtain ultimately high-quality crystalline samples. In this paper, we focus on the method of preparation of feed rods for the floating-zone melting and report on the improvements of the crystal growth. We present details of the improved methods used to obtain crystals with superconducting transition temperatures T-c that are consistently as high as 1.4 K, as well as the properties of these crystals.

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