<p>The intermetallic quasi-one-dimensional binary superconductor V<sub>2</sub>Ga<sub>5</sub> was recently found to exhibit a topologically nontrivial normal state, making it a natural candidate for a topological superconductor. By combining dc-magnetization, nuclear magnetic resonance, and muon-spin rotation (<InlineEquation ID="IEq4"> <InlineMediaObject> <ImageObject Color="BlackWhite" FileRef="41598_2025_94554_Article_IEq4.gif" Format="GIF" Height="13" Rendition="HTML" Resolution="72" Type="Linedraw" Width="12" /> </InlineMediaObject> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\({\upmu }\)</EquationSource> </InlineEquation>SR) measurements on high-quality V<sub>2</sub>Ga<sub>5</sub> single crystals, we investigate the electronic properties of its normal- and superconducting ground states. NMR measurements in the normal state indicate a strong anisotropy in both the line shifts and the relaxation rates. Such anisotropy persists also in the superconducting state, as shown by the magnetization- and <InlineEquation ID="IEq6"> <InlineMediaObject> <ImageObject Color="BlackWhite" FileRef="41598_2025_94554_Article_IEq6.gif" Format="GIF" Height="13" Rendition="HTML" Resolution="72" Type="Linedraw" Width="12" /> </InlineMediaObject> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\({\upmu }\)</EquationSource> </InlineEquation>SR-spectroscopy results. In the latter case, data collected at different temperatures, pressures, and directions of the magnetic field evidence a fully-gapped, strongly anisotropic superconductivity. At the same time, hydrostatic pressure is shown to only lower the <InlineEquation ID="IEq7"> <InlineMediaObject> <ImageObject Color="BlackWhite" FileRef="41598_2025_94554_Article_IEq7.gif" Format="GIF" Height="16" Rendition="HTML" Resolution="72" Type="Linedraw" Width="18" /> </InlineMediaObject> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\(T_c\)</EquationSource> </InlineEquation> value, but not to change the superfluid density nor its temperature dependence. Lastly, we discuss the search for topological signatures in the normal state of V<sub>2</sub>Ga<sub>5</sub>, as well as a peak splitting in the FFT of the <InlineEquation ID="IEq9"> <InlineMediaObject> <ImageObject Color="BlackWhite" FileRef="41598_2025_94554_Article_IEq9.gif" Format="GIF" Height="13" Rendition="HTML" Resolution="72" Type="Linedraw" Width="12" /> </InlineMediaObject> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\({\upmu }\)</EquationSource> </InlineEquation>SR spectrum, possibly related to an unconventional vortex lattice. Our results suggest that V<sub>2</sub>Ga<sub>5</sub> is a novel system, whose anisotropy plays a key role in determining its unusual electronic properties.</p>

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Anisotropic superconductivity in the quasi-one-dimensional superconductor V2Ga5

  • G. Lamura,
  • D. Tay,
  • R. Khasanov,
  • P. Gentile,
  • C. Q. Xu,
  • X. Ke,
  • I. J. Onuorah,
  • P. Bonfà,
  • Xiaofeng Xu,
  • T. Shiroka

摘要

The intermetallic quasi-one-dimensional binary superconductor V2Ga5 was recently found to exhibit a topologically nontrivial normal state, making it a natural candidate for a topological superconductor. By combining dc-magnetization, nuclear magnetic resonance, and muon-spin rotation ( \({\upmu }\) SR) measurements on high-quality V2Ga5 single crystals, we investigate the electronic properties of its normal- and superconducting ground states. NMR measurements in the normal state indicate a strong anisotropy in both the line shifts and the relaxation rates. Such anisotropy persists also in the superconducting state, as shown by the magnetization- and \({\upmu }\) SR-spectroscopy results. In the latter case, data collected at different temperatures, pressures, and directions of the magnetic field evidence a fully-gapped, strongly anisotropic superconductivity. At the same time, hydrostatic pressure is shown to only lower the \(T_c\) value, but not to change the superfluid density nor its temperature dependence. Lastly, we discuss the search for topological signatures in the normal state of V2Ga5, as well as a peak splitting in the FFT of the \({\upmu }\) SR spectrum, possibly related to an unconventional vortex lattice. Our results suggest that V2Ga5 is a novel system, whose anisotropy plays a key role in determining its unusual electronic properties.