Observation of negative s-wave proximity effect in superconducting UBe13

Siyuan Han, K. W. Ng, E. L. Wolf, Andrew Millis, J. L. Smith, Zachary Fisk

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Abstract

The Josephson Ic between a Ta-wire probe and an induced, surface, singlet, superconducting state in UBe13 decreases with decreasing temperature below the bulk UBe13 Tc, in contrast to the increase seen in comparison Mo samples. This shows that the bulk UBe13 superconductivity suppresses the induced singlet superconductivity. Such suppression is evidence of a triplet super-conducting state in UBe13. Evidence is presented for phase slip between weakly coupled singlet and triplet order parameters.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)238-241
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume57
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1986

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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