Supporting Online Material “Odd-Parity Superconductivity in Sr2RuO4”
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1. Materials and sample preparation High-quality single crystals of Sr2RuO4 used in this work were grown by the floatingzone technique and characterized in detail by standard techniques (S1). We found in the course of this work that crystals with an optimal superconducting transition temperature (Tc) around 1.5 K typically have more Ru inclusions than those with slightly lower Tc. However, those with too low a Tc (around 1 K), most likely due to Ru deficiency, tend to cleave easily. Therefore we chose crystals with a Tc around 1.4 K.
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