Superconductivity in CuIr2-xAlxTe4 telluride chalcogenides

The relationship between charge-density-wave (CDW) and superconductivity (SC), two vital physical phases in condensed matter physics, has always been the focus of scientists' research over the past decades. Motivated by this research hotspot, we systematically studied the physical properties of the layered telluride chalcogenide superconductors CuIr$_{2-x}$Al$_{x}$Te$_{4}$ ($0 \leqslant x \leqslant 0.2$). Through the resistance and magnetization measurements, we found that the CDW order was destroyed by a small amount of Al doping. Meanwhile, the superconducting transition temperature ($T_{\rm c}$) kept changing with the change of doping amount and rose towards the maximum value of 2.75 K when $x=0.075$. The value of normalized specific heat jump ($\Delta C/\gamma T_{\rm c}$) for the highest $T_{\rm c}$ sample CuIr$_{1.925}$Al$_{0.075}$Te$_{4}$ was 1.53, which was larger than the BCS value of 1.43 and showed the bulk superconducting nature. In order to clearly show the relationship between SC and CDW states, we propose a phase diagram of $T_{\rm c}$ vs. doping content.     

1T-NbSeTe电子结构的角分辨光电子能谱

过渡金属二硫族化物因其广泛存在超导、电荷密度波等新奇的物理现象成为了近些年来凝聚态物理研究中的一大热点,同时这也为研究超导和电荷密度波等电子序之间的相互作用提供了典型的材料体系.本文利用角分辨光电子能谱对1T结构的NbSeTe单晶进行系统的研究,揭示了其电子结构.沿高对称方向的能带测量发现, 1T-NbSeTe布里渊区M点附近存在一个范霍夫奇点,能量位于费米能以下约250 meV处.对能带色散的仔细分析发现该体系中没有明显电子-玻色子(声子)耦合带来的能带扭折.基于上述实验结果,对过渡金属二硫族化物中电荷密度波和超导的产生以及1T-NbSeTe中电荷密度波和超导被抑制的可能原因进行了讨论.