Published August 26, 2024 | Version v1
Journal article

Effects of 2.6-GeV U ion irradiation on the superconductivity of the kagome superconductors CsV3Sb5 and Cs(V0.93Nb0.07)3Sb5

  • 1. Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
  • 2. Department of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000, China
  • 3. Centre for Quantum Physics, Key Laboratory of Advanced Optoelectronic Quantum Architecture and Measurement (MOE), School of Physics, and Beijing Key Lab of Nanophotonics and Ultrafine Optoelectronic Systems, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
  • 4. Material Science Center, Yangtze Delta Region Academy of Beijing Institute of Technology, Jiaxing 314011, China
  • 5. Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Electric Power Engineering Research Laboratory, Nagasaka, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa, 240-0196, Japan

Description

We have investigated the effect of 2.6-GeV U irradiation on the superconductivity of CsV3Sb5 and Cs(V0.93Nb0.07)3Sb5 single crystals by using resistivity and magnetization measurements. The critical transition temperature for CsV3Sb5 crystal is enhanced up to 4.3 K after irradiation with a dose of BΦ=2.0T, while the critical current density is increased up to 0.8×104A/cm2 after irradiation with a dose of BΦ=0.5T under self-field at 2.0 K, which is about four times larger than that for the pristine crystal under the same condition. For Cs(V0.93Nb0.07)3Sb5 crystal, the critical transition temperature remains almost constant up to BΦ=2.0T, followed by monotonic suppression with further increase of dose. Besides the enhanced critical current density, we observe an anomalous peak effect in the magnetic hysteresis loop close to zero field at low irradiation doses, which can be interpreted by the matching effect in irradiated Cs(V0.93Nb0.07)3Sb5 crystals.

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.110.054520;
Crossref Funder ID
10.13039/501100004543; 10.13039/501100006407; 10.13039/501100005085; 10.13039/501100001809; 10.13039/501100004826;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review B
Journal Volume
110
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
9 pgs.
ISSN
1550-235X

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Copyright
©2024 American Physical Society
Contract/Grant/Project number
242300421395; 92065109; Z210006
Notes
Contact Email: Contact author: zhiweiwang@bit.edu.cn; Contact Email: Contact author: tamegai@ap.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp; Record automatically processed
Funding organization
China Scholarship Council; Natural Science Foundation of Henan Province; Beijing Institute of Technology; National Natural Science Foundation of China; Natural Science Foundation of Beijing Municipality