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金子 耕士; Cheung, Y. W.*; Hu, Y.*; 今井 正樹*; 谷奥 泰明*; 金川 響*; 村川 譲一*; 森山 広大*; Zhang, W.*; Lai, K. T.*; et al.
JPS Conference Proceedings (Internet), 30, p.011032_1 - 011032_6, 2020/03
A quantum critical point appears as a second-order phase transition which takes place at zero temperature. In contrast to heavy-fermion systems in which magnetism often plays a vital role, recent studies revealed that structural instabilities can drive a system to a quantum critical point as well. In quasi-skutterudite (Ca,Sr)Sn
(
=Rh, Ir), Sr
Ir
Sn
exhibits superconductivity around
5 K and a structural transition at
147 K. Applying physical or chemical pressure on Sr
Ir
Sn
suppresses
rapidly, and a quasi-linear
dependence of electrical resistivity, signature of non-Fermi liquid behavior, was observed where
extrapolates to 0 K. The isomorphs (Ca
Sr
)
Rh
Sn
exhibits similar behavior, where the criticality can be reached by
0.9 without external pressure. Neutron scattering experiments in Sr
Ir
Sn
evidences the second order nature of the structural transition at
by the observation of a continuous evolution of superlattice peak below
and a gradual increase of critical scattering upon approaching to
by cooling. Increase of
in (Ca
Sr
)
Rh
Sn
toward the quantum critical point leads to the systematic variation of the critical exponents of the order parameter. In addition, this substitution induces the phonon softening around the M point towards zero energy revealed by inelastic X-ray scattering experiment. We will present systematic variations in both elastic and inelastic channels upon approaching to the quantum critical point.
Cheung, Y. W.*; Hu, Y. J.*; 今井 正樹*; 谷奥 泰明*; 金川 響*; 村川 譲一*; 森山 広大*; Zhang, W.*; Lai, K. T.*; 吉村 一良*; et al.
Physical Review B, 98(16), p.161103_1 - 161103_5, 2018/10
被引用回数:19 パーセンタイル:69.52(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)Approaching a quantum critical point has been an effective route to stabilize superconductivity. While the role of magnetic QCPs has been extensively discussed, similar exploration of a structural QCP is scarce. Using inelastic X-ray scattering, we examine the phonon spectrum of the nonmagnetic quasi-skutterudite (CaSr
)
Rh
Sn
, which represents a precious system to explore the interplay between structural instabilities and superconductivity by tuning the Ca concentration x. We unambiguously detect the softening of phonon modes around the M point on cooling towards the structural transition. Intriguingly, at x = 0:85, the soft mode energy squared at the M point extrapolates to zero at -5.7 K, providing the first compelling microscopic evidence of a structural QCP in (Ca
Sr
)
Rh
Sn
. The enhanced phonon density-of-states at low energy provides the essential ingredient for realizing strong-coupling superconductivity near the structural QCP.