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Point contact Andreev reflection studies of a non-centro symmetric superconductor Re 6 Zr.
Scientific Reports 2019 Februrary 22
Re6 Zr, a non-centrosymmetric superconductor is an interesting system as recent experimental evidence suggests that the superconducting state breaks time reversal symmetry. This implies a mixing of spin singlet-triplet states leading to a complex order parameter in this system. Here, we report point contact Andreev Reflection (PCAR) measurements on a single crystal of Re6 Zr (superconducting transition temperature (Tc ) = 6.78 K). We observe multiple gap features in the PCAR spectra which depends on the type of tip and contact. Spectral features appear at voltages 1.0 ± 0.1 mV, 0.75 ± 0.05 mV and 0.45 ± 0.1 mV suggesting that there are at least more than one band contributing to superconductivity. However, strong surface inter-band scattering is possibly responsible for the uncertainty in observing them together distinctly in a single contact in the PCAR measurements. Interestingly, the bulk gap (Δ = 1.95kB Tc = 1.1 meV) is occasionally observed in PCAR spectra, mostly with ferromagnetic tips. The gap features associated with the other two smaller gaps disappear at the bulk Tc . In addition, no anisotropy in the upper critical field was observed. Our results suggest an unconventional superconducting order in this compound: Multiband singlet states dominated by inter-band pairing which break the time reversal symmetry or singlet mixed with triplet states.
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