Microwave complex impedance measurements on the heavy fermion superconductor UBe13

S. W. Lin; C. T. Lin; Bimal K. Sarma; G. R. Stewart; J. B. Ketterson

doi:10.1016/0375-9601(96)00316-7

Microwave complex impedance measurements on the heavy fermion superconductor UBe₁₃

S. W. Lin^*, C. T. Lin, Bimal K. Sarma, G. R. Stewart, J. B. Ketterson

^*Corresponding author for this work

MRC - Materials Research Center

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Abstract

The complex microwave impedance in the frequency range of ∼ 8-36 GHz was measured in the superconducting state of a well-characterized heavy fermion single crystal of UBe₁₃. This microwave photon energy ranges roughly from 15% to 60% of the zero-temperature (BCS) energy gap and is higher than previous measurements. Large changes are observed in the complex impedance when the sample is cooled below T_c for all frequencies measured. The surface impedance cannot be described by the Mattis-Bardeen theory in the dirty limit for a conventional superconductor.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	161-166
Number of pages	6
Journal	Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
Volume	217
Issue number	2-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9601(96)00316-7
State	Published - Jul 8 1996

Funding

We would like to thank M. Meisel, S.-K. Yip and J. Sauls for stimulating interactions. This research at Northwestern is supported by NSF through the Material Research Center at Northwestern (DMR91-20521) and by NSF grant DMR93-09061.

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