Microwave Investigation of the Superconducting Properties of Kagome AV3Sb5 (A=Rb, K, Cs)

Author: Scharwaechter, Florentine

Affiliation: Universität Stuttgart

Type: Poster

Display Dates: 20.07.2026 - 21.07.2026

Board: MT-043

We present a microwave spectroscopic study of the vanadium-based kagome superconductors AV3Sb5 with A=Rb, K, Cs, using multimode superconducting stripline resonators. These resonators offer experimental access to the electromagnetic properties of metals and dielectrics in a broad frequency range from 100 MHz to 50 GHz and down to mK temperatures.

From the temperature dependence of the complex microwave transmission coefficient Ŝ21(f, T) we extract the superconducting transition temperature Tc, the normalized complex optical conductivity σ(T)/σn , and the normalized superfluid density ρs(T)/ρs0 of the three different kagome superconductors. This allows us to determine the zero-temperature energy gap ∆0, the superconducting gap structure, and the number of gaps.

Previous studies report conflicting results, particularly regarding the pairing symmetry. Using cavity pertubation theory, we obtain σ(T)/σn and calculate the superfluid density. At low temperatures, ρs(T)/ρs0 remains nearly constant, consistent with an s-wave superconducting state in all three samples. The data are best described by a two-gap s-wave model, with one gap clearly dominating. The larger gap is approximately consistent with the BCS ratio 2∆0 /(kB Tc) = 3.53.