Observation of multigap and coherence peak in the noncentrosymmetric superconductor CaPtAs: ${}^{75}$As nuclear quadrupole resonance measurement

Abstract

We present synthesis and ${}^{75}$As-nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) measurements for the noncentrosymmetric superconductor CaPtAs with a superconducting transition temperature $T_c$ of $\sim 1.5$ K. We discovered two different forms of CaPtAs during synthesis; one is a high-temperature tetragonal form that was previously reported, and the other is a low-temperature form consistent with the orthorhombic structure of CaPtP. According to the ${}^{75}$As-NQR measurement for superconducting tetragonal CaPtAs, the nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate $1/T_1$ has an obvious coherence peak below $T_c$ and does not follow a simple exponential variation at low temperatures. These findings indicate that CaPtAs is a multigap superconductor and a large $s$-wave component.

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