Magnetic and superconducting properties of LaIrSi and CeIrSi with the non-centrosymmetric crystal structure

反転中心を持たない超伝導体LaIrSiとCeIrSiの磁性と超伝導

奥田 悠介*; 宮内 裕一朗*; 伊田 勇輝*; 武田 勇司*; 戸野広 智絵*; 大槌 泰弘*; 山田 勉*; Nguyen, D.; 松田 達磨; 芳賀 芳範   ; 竹内 徹也*; 萩原 政幸*; 金道 浩一*; 播磨 尚朝*; 杉山 清寛*; 摂待 力生*; 大貫 惇睦*

Okuda, Yusuke*; Miyauchi, Yuichiro*; Ida, Yuki*; Takeda, Yuji*; Tonohiro, Chie*; Ozuchi, Yasuhiro*; Yamada, Tsutomu*; Nguyen, D.; Matsuda, Tatsuma; Haga, Yoshinori; Takeuchi, Tetsuya*; Hagiwara, Masayuki*; Kindo, Koichi*; Harima, Hisatomo*; Sugiyama, Kiyohiro*; Settai, Rikio*; Onuki, Yoshichika*

反転中心を持たない超伝導体CeIrSi及びLaIrSiの単結晶育成に成功し、磁性,超伝導及びFermi面を明らかにした。LaIrSiのフェルミ面は、反転中心がないことを反映し、スピン軌道相互作用による分裂が明確に観測される。一方圧力により、反強磁性体CeIrSiは超伝導体へと変化する。そこでの上部臨界磁場は異方的である。これは、反転中心がない場合の理論的予測と一致する。

Single crystals of LaIrSi and CeIrSi were grown by the Czochralski pulling method in a tetra-arc furnace and the magnetic and superconducting properties, together with super- conductivity in CeIrCoSi, were clarified by measuring the electrical resistivity, specific heat, magnetic susceptibility, magnetization and de Haas-van Alphen (dHvA) effect. From the results of the dHvA experiment for LaIrSi, the Fermi surface is found to split into two Fermi surfaces due to the spin-orbit interaction arising from the non-centrosymmetric crystal structure. The electronic state of CeIrSi is tuned from the antiferro- magnetic state to the superconducting state by applying pressure. The upper critical field H(0) at a pressure of 2.65 GPa is found to be highly anisotropic. Large magnitude and anisotropy of H(0) in CeIrSi are consistent with the theoretical prediction for superconductivity in the non-centrosymmetric crystal structure.