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Calorimetric Measurements Of Magnetic-Field-Induced Inhomogeneous Superconductivity Above The Paramagnetic Limit, Charles C. Agosta, Nathanael Alexander Fortune, Scott T. Hannahs, Shuyao Gu, Lucy Liang, Ju-Hyun Park, John A. Schleuter
Calorimetric Measurements Of Magnetic-Field-Induced Inhomogeneous Superconductivity Above The Paramagnetic Limit, Charles C. Agosta, Nathanael Alexander Fortune, Scott T. Hannahs, Shuyao Gu, Lucy Liang, Ju-Hyun Park, John A. Schleuter
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We report the first magnetocaloric and calorimetric observations of a magnetic-field-induced phase transition within a superconducting state to the long-sought exotic Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) superconducting state, first predicted over 50 years ago. Through the combination of bulk thermodynamic calorimetric and magnetocaloric measurements in the organic superconductor κ−(BEDT−TTF)2Cu(NCS)2 as a function of temperature, magnetic field strength, and magnetic field orientation, we establish for the first time that this field-induced first-order phase transition at the paramagnetic limit Hp is a transition to a higher-entropy superconducting phase, uniquely characteristic of the FFLO state. We also establish that this high-field superconducting state displays the bulk …