The noncentrosymmetric superconductor CaPtAs with time-reversal symmetry breaking in its superconducting state was previously proposed to host nodal superconductivity.Here,by employing ultralow-temperature thermal con...The noncentrosymmetric superconductor CaPtAs with time-reversal symmetry breaking in its superconducting state was previously proposed to host nodal superconductivity.Here,by employing ultralow-temperature thermal conductivity measurement on CaPtAs single crystal,we study its superconducting gap structure.A negligible residual linear term of thermal conductivity(κ_(0)/T)in zero magnetic field and the field dependence ofκ_(0)/T indicate that CaPtAs has multiple superconducting gaps with a dominant s-wave component.This is consistent with recent nuclear quadrupole resonance measurements on CaPtAs.Our work puts a strong constraint on the theories to describe the superconducting pairing symmetry of CaPtAs.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.12174064)the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant No.2022YFA1402200)the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project (Grant No.2019SHZDZX01)。
文摘The noncentrosymmetric superconductor CaPtAs with time-reversal symmetry breaking in its superconducting state was previously proposed to host nodal superconductivity.Here,by employing ultralow-temperature thermal conductivity measurement on CaPtAs single crystal,we study its superconducting gap structure.A negligible residual linear term of thermal conductivity(κ_(0)/T)in zero magnetic field and the field dependence ofκ_(0)/T indicate that CaPtAs has multiple superconducting gaps with a dominant s-wave component.This is consistent with recent nuclear quadrupole resonance measurements on CaPtAs.Our work puts a strong constraint on the theories to describe the superconducting pairing symmetry of CaPtAs.
