Quantum Oscillations in the Mixed-State of the Type-Ii Superconductor 2h-Nbse2
Journal
Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
6
Journal Issue
24
Pages
4479-4492
Date Issued
1994
Author(s)
Corcoran, R.
Meeson, P.
Onuki, Y.
Probst, Pa
Springford, M.
Takita, K.
Harima, H.
Gyorffy, Bl
Abstract
Quantum oscillations have been investigated far into the mixed state of the type II superconductor 2H-NbSe2. The de Haas-van Alphen effect is found to persist to fields as low as approximately 0.3BC2 and to temperatures of approximately 0.003TC. A self-consistent band structure calculation, performed for 2H-NbSe2 in the normal non-charge-density-wave state using a full potential linearized augmented plane wave (FLAPW) method, accounts well for the experimental angular dependence of the quantum oscillations in terms of a small flat hole Fermi surface around the Gamma point. This feature derives mainly from chalcogen p bands and has a mass-enhancement factor much smaller than expected from the specific heat. Quantum oscillations in the presence of the vortex lattice are observed to experience an additional damping, from which the order parameter is estimated to be Delta (0)=0.6+or-0.1 meV.
Type
journal article