Journal Article

Testing electron-phonon coupling for the superconductivity in kagome metal CsV 3 Sb 5

Shin, Shik, Dong, Yuyang, Wang, Ziqiang, Zhong, Yigui, Liu, Hongxiong, Shi, Youguo, Aido, Kohei, Li, Shaozhi, Lee, H N, Li, Haoxiang, Arai, Yosuke, Okazaki, Kozo, Zhang, Weilu, Miao, H, Kondo, Takeshi

2023

Overview

In crystalline materials, electron-phonon coupling (EPC) is a ubiquitous many-body interaction that drives conventional Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer superconductivity. Recently, in a new kagome metal CsV Sb , superconductivity that possibly intertwines with time-reversal and spatial symmetry-breaking orders is observed. Density functional theory calculations predicted weak EPC strength, λ, supporting an unconventional pairing mechanism in CsV Sb . However, experimental determination of λ is still missing, hindering a microscopic understanding of the intertwined ground state of CsV Sb . Here, using 7-eV laser-based angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and Eliashberg function analysis, we determine an intermediate λ=0.45-0.6 at T = 6 K for both Sb 5p and V 3d electronic bands, which can support a conventional superconducting transition temperature on the same magnitude of experimental value in CsV Sb . Remarkably, the EPC on the V 3d-band enhances to λ~0.75 as the superconducting transition temperature elevated to 4.4 K in Cs(V Nb ) Sb . Our results provide an important clue to understand the pairing mechanism in the kagome superconductor CsV Sb .