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Spin-singlet superconductivity in the doped topological crystalline insulator Sn0.96In0.04Te

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PHYSICAL REVIEW B
Volume 96, Issue 10, Pages -

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AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.96.104502

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  1. MEXT [15H05852]
  2. JSPS [16H0401618, 17K14340]
  3. NSFC [11634015]
  4. DFG [CRC1238]
  5. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [15H05852, 16H04016, 17K14340] Funding Source: KAKEN

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The In-doped topological crystalline insulator Sn1-x In-x Te is a candidate for a topological superconductor, where a pseudo-spin-triplet state has been proposed. To clarify the spin symmetry of Sn1-x In-x Te, we perform Te-125-nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements in polycrystalline samples with 0 <= x <= 0.15. The penetration depth calculated from the NMR line width is T independent below half the superconducting transition temperature (T-c) in polycrystalline Sn0.96In0.04Te, which indicates a fully opened superconducting gap. In this sample, the spin susceptibility measured by the spin Knight shift (K-s) at an external magnetic field of H-mu 0(0) = 0.0872 T decreases below T-c, and K-s(T = 0)/K-s(T = T-c) reaches 0.36 +/- 0.10, which is far below the limiting value 2/3 expected for a spin-triplet state for a cubic crystal structure. Our result indicates that polycrystalline Sn0.96In0.04Te is a spin-singlet superconductor.

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