High-resolution ac-calorimetry studies of the quasi-2D organic superconductor $\kappa$-(BEDT-TTF)${}_2$Cu(NCS)${}_2$

Abstract

We report high-resolution specific heat measurements on the quasi-2D organic superconductor $\kappa$-(BEDT-TTF)${}_2$Cu(NCS)${}_2$, performed by using a most sensitive ac-modulation technique. The main observations are (i) a discontinuity at \tc\ much in excess of what is expected for a weak-coupling BCS superconductor and (ii) a quasiparticle contribution to the specific heat with an exponentially weak temperature dependence at $T\ll T_c$. The latter finding is incompatible with an order parameter that vanishes at certain parts of the Fermi surface. The data for $T\le T_c$ can be well described by a strong-coupling extension of the BCS theory - the $\alpha$-model - similar to what has been recently found for the $\kappa$-(BEDT-TTF)${}_2$Cu[N(CN)${}_2$]Br salt [Elsinger {\em et al.}, Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 84}, 6098 (2000)].

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