Here we summarize the physical properties of the newly discovered Fe-chalcogenide superconductors. The Fe-chalcogenide superconductors attract us as the simplest Fe-based superconductors. Furthermore, Fe chalcogenides show a huge pressure effect on their superconducting properties. The origin of the high transition temperature was discussed with both the change in crystal structure and magnetism. The progress on the thin-film and superconducting-wire fabrications are also described.
Structural, electronic properties and Fermi surface of ThCr2Si2-type charge-balanced KFe2AsSe phase as a parent system for a new group of "mixed" pnictide-chalcogenide superconductors
We present the results of a study of the vortex lattice (VL) of the nickel chalcogenide superconductor TlNi2Se2, using small angle neutron scattering. This superconductor has the same crystal symmetry as the iron arsenide materials. Previous work points to it being a two-gap superconductor, with an unknown pairing mechanism. No structural transitions in the vortex lattice are seen in the phase diagram, arguing against d-wave gap symmetry. Empirical fits of the temperature-dependence of the form factor and penetration depth rule out a simple s-wave model, supporting the presence of nodes in the…
Structural, Magnetic and Electronic Properties of the Iron-Chalcogenide A$_x$Fe$_{2-y}$Se$_2$ (A=K, Cs, Rb, Tl and etc.) Superconductors
本文报道了一种新的铁硫系超导体A $_x$ Fe $_{2-y}$ Se $_2$(A=K,Cs,Rb,Tl等)的发现。铁基超导体具有许多独特的性质,如母体化合物可能的绝缘状态、铁空位的存在及其有序性、一种新的磁结构及其与超导电性的相互作用,以及不同于其它铁基超导体的特殊电子结构等,引起了人们的广泛关注。本文对这种新型超导体的结构、磁性和电子学性质作了简要的评述,重点讨论了它的电子结构和超导能隙。在论文的最后讨论了问题和未来前景。
Structural, electronic properties and Fermi surface of ThCr2Si2-type tetragonal KFe2S2, KFe2Se2, and KFe2Te2 phases as parent systems of new ternary iron-chalcogenide superconductors
The symmetries of superconducting gap functions remain an important question of iron-based superconductivity. Motivated by the recent angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopic measurements on iron-chalcogenide superconductors, we investigate the influence of pairing symmetries on the topological surface state. If the surface Dirac cone becomes gapped in the superconducting phase, it implies magnetization induced from time-reversal symmetry breaking pairing via spin-orbit coupling. Based on the crystalline symmetry constraints on the Ginzburg-Landau free energy, the gap function symmetries are…
Identification of prototypical Brinkman-Rice Mott physics in a class of iron chalcogenides superconductors
122 $^{*}$系列的铁-硫属化物超导体,例如K $_x$ Fe $_{2-y}$ Se $_{2}$,仅具有电子费米袋。它们独特的电子结构挑战了建立在铁磷属元素化物超导体上的图像,其中电子和空穴费米口袋共存。然而,部分由于这类化合物的内在相分离,它们的行为的许多方面仍然难以捉摸。特别是122 $^{*}$系列铁硫族化合物的化学置换演化至今仍缺乏一个微观统一的解释。使用角分辨光电子能谱,我们研究了122个$^{*}$铁硫族化物的主要部分,包括同位素“掺杂”的KPDMATHABMN Fe $_{2-y}$ Se $_{2-z}$ S $_z$、Rb $_x$ Fe $_{2-y}$ Se $_{2-z}$ Te $_z$和(Tl,K)$_x$ Fe $_{2-y}$ Se $_{2-z}$ S $_z$。我们发现这些材料中低能Fe \textit{3d}带的带宽依赖于掺杂;更重要的是,随着带宽的减小,基态从金属到超导体,最终到绝缘体的演变,而金属相中的费米面不受等价掺杂剂的影响。此外,在这里发现的相关驱动绝缘体与小带填充可能是一种新的绝缘相。我们的研究表明,几乎所有已知的122个$^{*}$系列铁硫族化合物都可以通过一个统一的相图{ \it}来理解,这意味着适度的关联强度有利于超导电性。
Local density of states and superconducting gap in the iron chalcogenide superconductor Fe$_{1+δ}$Se$_{1-x}$Te$_{x}$ observed by scanning tunneling spectroscopy
本文首次研究了铁硫系超导体Fe $_{1+δ}$ Se $_{1-x}$ Te $_{x}$($T_{\mathrm{c}} \sim 14$ K)的准粒子局域态密度和超导能隙。解理晶体的表面显示原子正方形晶格,叠加在不均匀背景上,晶格常数为$\sim 3.8$ Ω,没有任何重建。在4.2 K下测得的超导谱显示出超导能隙,在18 K时完全消失,其大小为$\sim 2.3$ meV,对应于$2Δ/ k_{\mathrm{B}}T_{\mathrm{c}}=3.8$ .与铜酸盐超导体形成鲜明对比的是,所观察到的超导能隙的值是相对均匀的,遵循一个尖锐的分布,标准偏差为0.23 meV.相反,在$T_{\mathrm{c}}$上方观察到的正常态局部态密度在大于1 eV的宽能量范围内显示出空间变化,这可能是由于晶体中存在过量的铁。
Here we report the first observation of superconductivity in the AB2X4-type ternary telluride CuIr2Te4, which is synthesized by a solid-state method in an evacuated quartz jacket. It adopts a disordered trigonal structure with space group P3m1 (No. 164), which embodies a two-dimensional IrTe2 layers and intercalated by Cu between the layers. We use a combination of experimental and first principles calculation analysis to look insight into the structural and physical properties. CuIr2Te4 consistently exhibited a bulk superconductivity transition at 2.5 K in electrical resistivity, magnetic sus…
Power Law Like Correlation between Condensation Energy and Superconducting Transition Temperatures in Iron Pnictide/Chalcogenide Superconductors: Beyond the BCS Understanding
Although nanoscale deformation, such as nanostrain in iron chalcogenide (FeSexTe1-x, FST) thin films, has attracted attention owing to the enhancement of general superconducting properties, including critical current density (Jc) and critical transition temperature, its formation has proven to be an extremely challenging and complex process thus far. Herein, we successfully fabricated an epitaxial FST thin film with uniformly distributed nanostrain by injection of a trace amount of CeO2 inside FST matrix using sequential pulsed laser deposition. Using transmission electron microscopy and geome…
We have investigated the Se isotope effect in layered bismuth chalcogenide (BiCh2-based) superconductor LaO0.6F0.4Bi(S,Se)2 with 76Se and 80Se. For all examined samples, the Se concentration, which is linked to the superconducting properties, is successfully controlled within x = 1.09-1.14 in LaO0.6F0.4BiS2-xSex. From the magnetization and electrical resistivity measurements, changes in Tc are not observed for the LaO0.6F0.4Bi(S,Se)2 samples with 76Se and 80Se isotopes. Our results suggest that pairing in the BiCh2-based superconductors is not mediated by phonons, and unconventional supercondu…
Topological superconductivity has been sought for in a variety of heterostructure systems, the interest being that a material displaying such a phenomenon could prove to be the ideal platform to support Majorana fermions, which in turn could be the basis for advanced qubit technologies. Recently the high Tc family of superconductors, $FeSe_{x}Te_{1-x}$, have been shown to exhibit the property of topological superconductivity and further, evidence has been found for the presence of Majorana fermions. We have studied the interplay of topology, magnetism and superconductivity in the $FeSe_{x}Te_{…
Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy of Iron-Chalcogenide Superconductor Fe1.03Te0.7Se0.3 : Strong-Coupling Superconductivity and Universality of Inter-Band Scattering
Here we establish a combined electronic phase diagram of isoelectronic FeSe1-xSx (0.19 > x > 0.0) and FeSe1-yTey (0.04 < y < 1.0) single crystals. The FeSe1-yTey crystals with y = 0.04 - 0.30 are grown by a hydrothermal ion-deintercalation (HID) method. Based on combined experiments of the specific heat, electrical transport, and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, no signature of the tetragonal-symmetry-broken transition to orthorhombic (nematic) phase is observed in the HID FeSe1-yTey samples, as compared with the FeSe1-xSx samples showing this transition at Ts. A ubiquitous dip-like …
Experimental Observation of Incoherent-Coherent Crossover and Orbital Dependent Band Renormalization in Iron Chalcogenide Superconductors
电子关联水平一直是理解超导电性本质的关键问题之一。在铁基超导体中,铁硫族化合物家族表现出最强的电子关联。为了测量相关强度,我们进行了系统的角度分辨光电子能谱研究的铁硫族化物系列Fe $_{1+y}$ Se $_x$ Te $_{1-x}$(0 $<$ x $<$ 0.59),一个模型系统具有最简单的结构。我们的测量揭示了一个非相干相干交叉的电子结构中的硒比的增加和系统从弱本地化更巡回状态的演变。此外,我们发现,有效质量的带占主导地位的d $_{xy}$轨道字符显着降低,增加硒比相比,d $_{xz}$ /d $_{yz}$轨道占主导地位的频带。关联能级随轨道的变化与能带结构重正化的理论计算一致,有助于理解Fe $_{1+y}$ Se $_x$ Te $_{1-x}$的超导起始.
We perform a two-loop renormalization group (RG) analysis of a 2D effective multiband model, which is relevant for describing the low-energy properties of some iron-chalcogenide superconducting materials. Crucial ingredients in this analysis are the calculation of higher-order contributions in the RG scheme that go beyond the widely-used parquet approximation and the consequent inclusion of nontrivial self-energy effects of the model that yield an anisotropic renormalization of the quasiparticle weight in the system. The motivation of our work is the experimental discovery by Sprau et al. (201…
Recently discovered superconductivity in hole-doped nickelate Nd$_{0.8}$Sr$_{0.2}$NiO$_2$ has attracted intensive attention in the field. An immediate question is how to improve its superconducting properties. Guided by the key characteristics of electronic structures of the cuprates and the nickelates, we propose that nickel chalcogenides with a similar lattice structure should be a promising family of materials. Using NdNiS$_2$ as an example, through first-principle structural optimization and phonon calculation, we find this particular crystal structure a stable one. We justify our proposal…
Fractional power-law behavior and its origin in iron-chalcogenide and ruthenate superconductors: Insights from first-principles calculations
我们进行现实的第一性原理计算的铁硫族化合物和铁基材料,以确定在这些系统中的洪德耦合诱导的相关性的实验签名。我们发现FeTe和KPDMATHABMM Fe $_{2-y}$ Se $_2$在它们的准粒子自能和光学电导率中显示出不寻常的轨道依赖分数幂律行为,这一现象首先在SrRuO $_3$中发现。这些材料的顺磁状态中的强不相干性导致电子状态隐藏在角度分辨光电子能谱中,其在低温下重新出现。我们确定了有效的低能量哈密顿描述这些系统,并表明这些异常是不控制的接近量子临界点,但从共存的快速量子力学轨道波动和慢自旋波动的结果。
Superconductivity mediated by the antiferromagnetic spin-wave in chalcogenide iron-base superconductors
K $_{0.8+x}$ Fe $_{1.6+y}$ Se $_2$等铁基硒化物超导体的基态都是掺杂反铁磁半导体。在这些材料中,存在定义明确的铁局域矩,其能量与传导电子的能量通过大的带隙分开。我们建议,该系统的低能物理是由一个模型的相互作用的电子与现场铁磁交换相互作用和站点间的超交换相互作用的哈密顿量。我们在线性自旋波近似下导出了电子的有效配对势,并证明了这些材料中的超导性可以通过介导相干自旋波激发来驱动。我们的工作为中子散射和其他实验观察到的超导和反铁磁长程序共存提供了一个自然的解释。
Coexistence of phases, characterized by different electronic degrees of freedom, commonly occurs in layered superconductors. Among them, alkaline intercalated chalcogenides are model systems showing microscale coexistence of paramagnetic (PAR) and antiferromagnetic (AFM) phases, however, temporal behavior of different phases is still unknown. Here, we report the first visualization of the atomic motion in the granular phase of K$_{x}$Fe$_{2-y}$Se$_2$ using X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy. Unlike the PAR phase, the AFM texture reveals an intermittent dynamics with avalanches as in martens…
The interplay among topology, superconductivity, and magnetism promises to bring a plethora of exotic and unintuitive behaviors in emergent quantum materials. The family of Fe-chalcogenide superconductors FeTexSe1-x are directly relevant in this context due to their intrinsic topological band structure, high-temperature superconductivity, and unconventional pairing symmetry. Despite enormous promise and expectation, the local magnetic properties of FeTexSe1-x remain largely unexplored, which prevents a comprehensive understanding of their underlying material properties. Exploiting nitrogen vac…
Superconductivity vs bound state formation in a two-band superconductor with small Fermi energy -- applications to Fe-pnictides/chalcogenides and doped SrTiO3