In-plane uniaxial-strain tuning of superconductivity and charge-density wave in CsV3Sb5

Abstract

The kagome superconductor CsV3Sb5 with exotic electronic properties has attracted substantial research interest, and the interplay between the superconductivity and the charge-density wave is crucial for understanding its unusual electronic ground state. In this work, we performed resistivity and AC magnetic susceptibility measurements on CsV3Sb5 single crystals uniaxially-strained along [100] and [110] directions. We find that the uniaxial-strain tuning effect of T c (dT c/dε) and T CDW (dT CDW/dε) are almost identical along these distinct high-symmetry directions. These findings suggest the in-plane uniaxial-strain-tuning of T c and T CDW in CsV3Sb5 are dominated by associated c-axis strain, whereas the response to purely in-plane strains is likely small.