Ir 5$d$-band Derived Superconductivity in LaIr${}_3$

Abstract

We have studied the superconducting properties of LaIr${}_3$ with a rhombohedral structure using magnetization, heat capacity, and muon-spin rotation/relaxation ($\mu$SR) measurements. The zero-field cooled and field cooled susceptibility measurements exhibit a superconducting transition below $T_{\mathrm{C}}$ = 2.5 K. Magnetization measurements indicate bulk type-II superconductivity with upper critical field ${\mu }_0{H}_{c2}(0)$ = 3.84 T. Two successive transitions are observed in heat capacity data, one at $T_{\mathrm{C}}$ = 2.5 K and a second at 1.2 K below $T_{\mathrm{C}}$ whose origin remain unclear. The heat capacity jump reveals $\Delta C$/$\gamma T_{\mathrm{C}}\sim$ 1.0 which is lower than 1.43 expected for BCS weak coupling limit. Transverse field-$\mu$SR measurements reveal a fully gapped $s-$wave superconductivity with 2$\Delta (0)/k_{\mathrm{B}}{T}_{\mathrm{C}}$ = 3.31, which is small compared to BCS value 3.56, suggesting weak coupling superconductivity. Moreover the study of the temperature dependence of the magnetic penetration depth estimated using the transverse field-$\mu$SR measurements gives a zero temperature value of the magnetic penetration depth ${\lambda }_{\mathrm{L}}(0)$ = 386(3) nm, superconducting carrier density $n_{\mathrm{s}}$ = 2.9(1) $\times$10${}^{27}$ carriers $m^{-3}$ and the carriers' effective-mass enhancement $m^{\ast }$ = 1.53(1) $m_{\mathrm{e}}$. Our zero-field-$\mu$SR measurements do not reveal the spontaneous appearance of an internal magnetic field below the transition temperature, which indicates that time-reversal symmetry is preserved in the superconducting state of LaIr${}_3$.

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