Superconducting gap structure of κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2 probed by thermal conductivity tensor -: art. no. 027002

The thermal conductivity of organic superconductor kappa-(BEDT-TTF)(2)Cu(NCS)(2) (T-c = 10.4 K) has been studied in a magnetic field rotating within the 2D superconducting planes with high alignment precision. At low temperatures (T less than or similar to 0.5 K), a clear fourfold symmetry in the angular variation, which is characteristic of a d-wave superconducting gap with nodes along the directions rotated 45degrees relative to the b and c axes of the crystal, was resolved. The determined nodal structure is inconsistent with recent theoretical predictions of superconductivity induced by the antiferromagnetic spin fluctuation.