Electron spin resonance study of the LaIn(3-x)Sn(x) superconducting system

J Phys Condens Matter. 2011 Nov 16;23(45):455701. doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/23/45/455701. Epub 2011 Oct 21.

Abstract

The LaIn(3-x)Sn(x) alloy system is composed of superconducting Pauli paramagnets. For LaIn3 the superconducting critical temperature T(c) is approximately 0.7 K and it shows an oscillatory dependence as a function of Sn substitution, presenting its highest value T(c) ≈ 6.4 K for the LaSn3 end member. The superconducting state of these materials was characterized as being of the conventional type. We report our results for Gd3+ electron spin resonance measurements in the LaIn(3-x)Sn(x) compounds as a function of x. We show that the effective exchange interaction parameter J(fs) between the Gd3+ 4f local moment and the s-like conduction electrons is almost unchanged by Sn substitution and observe microscopically that LaSn3 is a conventional superconductor.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't