Magnetoquantum oscillations in the normal and superconducting state of YNi 2B 2C

Abstract

In the nonmagnetic boracarbide superconductor YNi 2B 2C the de Haas-van Alphen (dHvA) oscillations persist continuously at the upper critical field B c2 = 10.5 T for the transition from the normal into the superconducting state down to about 4 T. The measurements were carried out on a single crystal with T c = 5.7 K by the torque method in high magnetic fields up to 23 T and at low temperatures down to T = 0.4 K. Below B c2 an additional damping of the dHvA amplitude occurs which is discussed in the context of recent theories of these oscillations in the mixed state.