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Pressure induced transition from chiral charge order to time-reversal symmetry-breaking superconducting state in Nb-doped CsV₃Sb₅

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arxiv 2411.18744 v1 pith:WHG6BWNZ submitted 2024-11-27 cond-mat.supr-con cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Pressure induced transition from chiral charge order to time-reversal symmetry-breaking superconducting state in Nb-doped CsV₃Sb₅

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The experimental realisation of unconventional superconductivity and charge order in kagome systems \textit{A}V$_3$Sb$_5$ is of critical importance. We conducted a highly systematic study of Cs(V$_{1-x}$Nb$_x$)$_3$Sb$_5$ with $x$=0.07 (Nb$_{0.07}$-CVS) by employing a unique combination of tuning parameters such as doping, hydrostatic pressure, magnetic fields, and depth, using muon spin rotation, AC susceptibility, and STM. We uncovered tunable magnetism in the normal state of Nb$_{0.07}$-CVS, which transitions to a time-reversal symmetry (TRS) breaking superconducting state under pressure. Specifically, our findings reveal that the bulk of Nb$_{0.07}$-CVS (at depths greater than 20 nm from the surface) experiences TRS breaking below $T^*=40~$K, lower than the charge order onset temperature, $T_\mathrm{CO}$ = 58 K. However, near the surface (within 20 nm from the surface), the TRS breaking signal doubles and onsets at $T_\mathrm{CO}$, indicating that Nb-doping decouples TRS breaking from charge order in the bulk but synchronises them near the surface. Additionally, Nb-doping raises the superconducting critical temperature $T_\mathrm{C}$ from 2.5 K to 4.4 K. Applying hydrostatic pressure enhances both $T_\mathrm{C}$ and the superfluid density by a factor of two, with a critical pressure $p_\mathrm{cr}$ ${\simeq}$ 0.85 GPa, suggesting competition with charge order. Notably, above $p_\mathrm{cr}$, we observe nodeless electron pairing and weak internal fields below $T_\mathrm{C}$, indicating broken TRS in the superconducting state. Overall, these results demonstrate a highly unconventional normal state with a depth-tunable onset of TRS breaking at ambient pressure, a transition to TRS-breaking superconductivity under low hydrostatic pressure, and an unconventional scaling between $T_\mathrm{C}$ and the superfluid density.

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