Title:Â Synthesis Techniques for Superconducting Uranium Ditelluride Crystals
Abstract: The candidate spin-triplet superconductor Uranium Ditelluride (UTe2) is of broad interest due to the possible topological nature of its ground state, which is believed to be a rare spin-triplet superconductor. Multiple studies have been conducted on UTe2 to fully characterize the different phase transitions as functions of pressure, external magnetic field, and temperature. Recent advancements in sample preparation have yielded promising results, including high residual resistivity ratios approaching 1000 and an increased superconducting transition temperature around 2.1 K. In this presentation, we will review current sample growth techniques and provide a comparative analysis of the resulting samples.