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Pressure-induced multiple phase transformations of the BaBi3 superconductor
Ames Laboratory Accepted Manuscripts
  • Li Xiang, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
  • Raquel A. Ribeiro, Iowa State University and Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC)
  • Udhara S. Kaluarachchi, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
  • Elena Gati, Ames Laboratory
  • Manh Cuong Nguyen, Ames Laboratory
  • Cai-Zhuang Wang, Ames Laboratory
  • Kai-Ming Ho, Iowa State University
  • Sergey L. Bud’ko, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
  • Paul C. Canfield, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
Publication Date
12-13-2018
Department
Ames Laboratory; Physics and Astronomy
OSTI ID+
1494941
Report Number
IS-J 9830
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.98.214509
Journal Title
Physical Review B
Abstract

Measurements of temperature-dependent resistance and magnetization under hydrostatic pressures up to 2.13 GPa are reported for single-crystalline, superconducting BaBi3. A temperature-pressure phase diagram is determined and the results suggest three different superconducting phases α, β, and γ in the studied pressure range. We further show that the occurrence of the three superconducting phases is intuitively linked to phase transitions at higher temperature, which are likely first order and structural in nature. With the α phase being the ambient-pressure tetragonal structure (P4/mmm), our first-principles calculations suggest the β phase has a cubic structure (Pm−3m) and the γ phase has a distorted tetragonal structure where the Bi atoms are moved out of the face-centered position. Finally, an analysis of the evolution of the superconducting upper critical field with pressure further confirms these transitions in the superconducting state and suggests a possible change of band structure or a Lifshitz transition near 1.54 GPa in γ phase. Given the large atomic numbers of both Ba and Bi, our results establish BaBi3 as a good candidate for the study of the interplay of structure with superconductivity in the presence of strong spin-orbit coupling.

DOE Contract Number(s)
AC02-07CH11358; GBMF4411; 2011/19924-2
Language
en
Publisher
Iowa State University Digital Repository, Ames IA (United States)
Citation Information
Li Xiang, Raquel A. Ribeiro, Udhara S. Kaluarachchi, Elena Gati, et al.. "Pressure-induced multiple phase transformations of the BaBi3 superconductor" Vol. 98 Iss. 21 (2018) p. 214509
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/paul_canfield/176/