Routes to probe Bismuth induced strong-coupling superconductivity in bimetallic BiIn alloys

Ashish Chhaganlal Gandhi; Sheng Yun Wu

doi:10.1038/s41598-017-09831-9

Routes to probe Bismuth induced strong-coupling superconductivity in bimetallic BiIn alloys

Sci Rep. 2017 Aug 25;7(1):9442. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-09831-9.

Authors

Ashish Chhaganlal Gandhi¹, Sheng Yun Wu²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physics, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, 97401, Taiwan.
² Department of Physics, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, 97401, Taiwan. sywu@mail.ndhu.edu.tw.

Abstract

We report the observation of strong electron-phonon coupling in intergranular linked BiIn superconductors over an infinite range mediated by low-lying phonons. An enhanced superconducting transition temperature was observed from the magnetization, revealing a main diamagnetic Meissner state below T_C(0) = 5.86(1) K and a critical field H_C(0) = 1355(15) Oe with an In₂Bi phase of the composite sample. The electron-phonon coupling to low lying phonons is found to be the leading mechanism for observed strong-coupling superconductivity in the BiIn system. Our findings suggest that In₂Bi is in the strong-coupling region with T_C(0) = 5.62(1) K, λ_ep = 1.45, ω_ln = 45.92 K and α = 2.23. The estimated upper critical field can be well-described by a power law with α value higher than 2, consistent with the strong electron-phonon coupling.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't