Antiferromagnetic Spin Fluctuations and Unconventional Superconductivity in Topological Superconductor Candidate YPtBi Revealed by ^{195}Pt-NMR

Phys Rev Lett. 2023 Jun 30;130(26):266002. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.266002.

Abstract

We report ^{195}Pt nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements on topological superconductor candidate YPtBi, which has broken inversion symmetry and topological nontrivial band structures due to the strong spin-orbit coupling. In the normal state, we find that Knight shift K is field- and temperature independent, suggesting that the contribution from the topological bands is very small at low temperatures. However, the spin-lattice relaxation rate 1/T_{1} divided by temperature (T), 1/T_{1}T, increases with decreasing T, implying the existence of antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations. In the superconducting state, no Hebel-Slichter coherence peak is seen below T_{c} and 1/T_{1} follows T^{3} variation, indicating the unconventional superconductivity. The finite spin susceptibility at zero-temperature limit and the anomalous increase of the NMR linewidth below T_{c} point to a mixed state of spin-singlet and spin-triplet (or spin-septet) pairing.

MeSH terms

  • Cold Temperature
  • Cytoskeleton
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Superconductivity*