Abstract
New materials based on Kagome lattices, predicted to host exotic quantum physics because they can display flat electronic bands, Dirac cones and topologically nontrivial surface states, are strongly desired. Here we report the crystal structure and superconducting properties of LaIr3Ga2, a previously unreported material that is based on a Kagome lattice of the heavy atom Ir. LaIr3Ga2 is a type II superconductor with Tc ~ 5.2 K, mu0Hc1 (0) ~ 7.1 mT and mu0Hc2 (0) ~ 4.7 T. The normalized heat capacity jump at the superconducting transition, (deltaC/gammaTc), 1.41, is within error of the value expected for a weak coupling BCS superconductor (1.43). Strong electron-electron correlation is inferred from the superconducting coherence length. Calculations show that the influence of spin orbit coupling on the electronic structure is significant, that the 5d states of the Ir in the Kagome planes are dominant near the Fermi energy (EF), that a nearly flat band is calculated to occur at about 100 meV below EF, and that two Dirac points are close to EF. This material is of interest for investigating the coupling between topological physics and superconductivity in a system with significant spin orbit coupling.
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