Evidence for High-frequency Phonon Mediated S-wave Superconductivity : 11B-NMR Study of Al-doped MgB2

We report ${}^{11}$B-NMR study on Al-doped MgB${}_2$ that addresses a possible mechanism for a high superconducting (SC) transition temperature ($T_c$) of $\sim 40$ K in recently discovered MgB${}_2$. The result of nuclear spin lattice relaxation rate $1\mathrm{/}{T}_1$ in the SC state revealed that the size in the SC gap is not changed by substituting Al for Mg. The reduction on $T_c$ by Al-doping is shown to be due to the decrease of $N(E_F)$. According to the McMillan equation, the experimental relation between $T_c$ and the relative change in $N(E_F)$ allowed us to estimate a characteristic phonon frequency $\omega \sim 700$Kandanelectron-phononcouplingconstant$\lambda \sim 0.87$. These results suggest that the high-$T_c$ superconductivity in MgB${}_2$ is mediated by the strong electron-phonon coupling with high-frequency phonons.