Evidence for an Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov State with Segmented Vortices in the BCS-BEC-Crossover Superconductor FeSe

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Beitragende

  • S. Kasahara - , Kyoto University (Autor:in)
  • Y. Sato - , Kyoto University (Autor:in)
  • S. Licciardello - , Radboud University Nijmegen (Autor:in)
  • M. Čulo - , Radboud University Nijmegen (Autor:in)
  • S. Arsenijević - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Autor:in)
  • T. Ottenbros - , Radboud University Nijmegen (Autor:in)
  • T. Tominaga - , Kyoto University (Autor:in)
  • J. Böker - , Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Autor:in)
  • I. Eremin - , Ruhr-Universität Bochum, National University of Science and Technology "MISiS" (Autor:in)
  • T. Shibauchi - , The University of Tokyo (Autor:in)
  • J. Wosnitza - , Exzellenzcluster ct.qmat: Komplexität und Topologie in Quantenmaterialien, Professur für Physik in hohen Magnetfeldern (gB/HZDR), Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Autor:in)
  • N. E. Hussey - , Radboud University Nijmegen, University of Bristol (Autor:in)
  • Y. Matsuda - , Kyoto University (Autor:in)

Abstract

We present resistivity and thermal-conductivity measurements of superconducting FeSe in intense magnetic fields up to 35 T applied parallel to the ab plane. At low temperatures, the upper critical field μ0Hc2ab shows an anomalous upturn, while thermal conductivity exhibits a discontinuous jump at μ0H∗≈24 T well below μ0Hc2ab, indicating a first-order phase transition in the superconducting state. This demonstrates the emergence of a distinct field-induced superconducting phase. Moreover, the broad resistive transition at high temperatures abruptly becomes sharp upon entering the high-field phase, indicating a dramatic change of the magnetic-flux properties. We attribute the high-field phase to the Fulde-Ferrel-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) state, where the formation of planar nodes gives rise to a segmentation of the flux-line lattice. We point out that strongly orbital-dependent pairing as well as spin-orbit interactions, the multiband nature, and the extremely small Fermi energy are important for the formation of the FFLO state in FeSe.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer107001
FachzeitschriftPhysical review letters
Jahrgang124
Ausgabenummer10
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 13 März 2020
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

PubMed 32216412

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