Quasi-two-dimensional Fermi surface of superconducting line-nodal metal CaSb2

  • Atsutoshi Ikeda
  • , Shanta Ranjan Saha
  • , David Graf
  • , Prathum Saraf
  • , Danila Sergeevich Sokratov
  • , Yajian Hu
  • , Hidemitsu Takahashi
  • , Soichiro Yamane
  • , Anooja Jayaraj
  • , Jagoda Sławińska
  • , Marco Buongiorno Nardelli
  • , Shingo Yonezawa
  • , Yoshiteru Maeno
  • , Johnpierre Paglione*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We report on the Fermi surfaces and superconducting parameters of CaSb2 single crystals (superconducting below Tc∼1.8K) grown by the self-flux method. The frequency of de Haas-van Alphen and Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations evidences a quasi-two-dimensional (quasi-2D) Fermi surface, consistent with one of the Fermi surfaces forming Dirac lines predicted by first-principles calculations. Measurements in the superconducting state reveal that CaSb2 is close to a type-I superconductor with the Ginzburg-Landau parameter of around unity. The temperature dependence of the upper critical field Hc2 is well described by a model considering two superconducting bands, and the enhancement of the effective mass estimated from Hc2(0K) is consistent with the quasi-2D band observed by the quantum oscillations. Our results indicate that a quasi-2D band forming Dirac lines contributes to the superconductivity in CaSb2.

Original languageEnglish
Article number075151
Number of pages9
JournalPhysical Review B
Volume106
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15-Aug-2022

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