Unusual two-dimensional behavior of iron-based superconductors with low anisotropy

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Beitragende

  • A. A. Kalenyuk - , Stockholm University, NASU - Kurdyumov Institute for Metal Physics (Autor:in)
  • A. Pagliero - , Stockholm University (Autor:in)
  • E. A. Borodianskyi - , Stockholm University (Autor:in)
  • S. Aswartham - , Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden (Autor:in)
  • S. Wurmehl - , Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden (Autor:in)
  • B. Büchner - , Professur für Experimentelle Festkörperphysik (gB/IFW), Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden (Autor:in)
  • D. A. Chareev - , Russian Academy of Sciences, Ural Federal University, Kazan Volga Region Federal University (Autor:in)
  • A. A. Kordyuk - , NASU - Kurdyumov Institute for Metal Physics, Kyiv Academic University (Autor:in)
  • V. M. Krasnov - , Stockholm University (Autor:in)

Abstract

We study angular-dependent magnetoresistance in iron-based superconductors Ba1-xNaxFe2As2 and FeTe1-xSex. Both superconductors have relatively small anisotropies γ∼2 and exhibit a three-dimensional (3D) behavior at low temperatures. However, we observe that they start to exhibit a profound two-dimensional behavior at elevated temperatures and in applied magnetic field parallel to the surface. We conclude that the unexpected two-dimensional (2D) behavior of the studied low-anisotropic superconductors is not related to layeredness of the materials, but is caused by appearance of surface superconductivity when magnetic field exceeds the upper critical field Hc2(T) for destruction of bulk superconductivity. We argue that the corresponding 3D-2D bulk-to-surface dimensional transition can be used for accurate determination of the upper critical field.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer134512
FachzeitschriftPhysical Review B
Jahrgang96
Ausgabenummer13
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 16 Okt. 2017
Peer-Review-StatusJa