Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The intermetallic quasi-one-dimensional binary superconductor V2Ga5 was recently found to exhibit a topologically nontrivial normal state, making it a natural candidate for a topological superconductor. By combining dc-magnetization, nuclear magnetic resonance, and muon-spin rotation ( $${\upmu }$$ SR) measurements on high-quality V2Ga5 single crystals, we investigate the electronic properties of its normal- and superconducting ground states. NMR measurements in the normal state indicate a strong anisotropy in both the line shifts and the relaxation rates. Such anisotropy persists also in the superconducting state, as shown by the magnetization- and $${\upmu }$$ SR-spectroscopy results. In the latter case, data collected at different temperatures, pressures, and directions of the magnetic field evidence a fully-gapped, strongly anisotropic superconductivity. At the same time, hydrostatic pressure is shown to only lower the $$T_c$$ value, but not to change the superfluid density nor its temperature dependence. Lastly, we discuss the search for topological signatures in the normal state of V2Ga5, as well as a peak splitting in the FFT of the $${\upmu }$$ SR spectrum, possibly related to an unconventional vortex lattice. Our results suggest that V2Ga5 is a novel system, whose anisotropy plays a key role in determining its unusual electronic properties.
Source: Scientific Reports
Institutions: Superconducting and other Innovative Materials and Devices Institute, ETH Zurich, Laboratory for Solid State Physics, Paul Scherrer Institute, Ningbo University, Michigan State University, University of Parma, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Istituto Nanoscienze, Zhejiang University of Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Condensed Matter Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,690
OpenAlex ID: W4409728330