Large carbon-isotope shift of TC in boron-doped diamond

Abstract

We report the carbon-isotope effect for boron-doped diamond (BDD). Resistive as well as specific-heat measurements reveal a 0.2K shift in the superconducting transition temperature Tc between BDDs containing C13 and C12. This is more than two times larger than could be expected from the mass difference by the use of the simple BCS formula in case the phenomenon is related to electron-phonon mediated superconductivity in BDD.