Using self-flux method,we have successfully grown the parent phase of the single crystals of CaFeAsF1-x.The X-ray di?raction indicates good crystallinity.In-plane resistivity shows a bad metallic behavior with a sharp drop of resistivity at about T SDW=119K.This anomaly is associated with the possible spin density wave(SDW)order.Interestingly near T SDW,the resistivity exhibits a cusp-like feature,which may be understood as the strong coupling effect between the electrons and the antiferromagnetic(AF)spin fluctuations.A reduction of fluorine or application of a high pressure will suppress the SDW feature and induce superconductivity.Hall effect measurements reveal a positive Hall coefficient below T SDW indicating a dominant role of the hole-like charge carriers in the parent phase.Strong magnetoresistance has been observed below T SDW suggesting multiple conduction channels of the charge carriers.
We report scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy(STM/STS) studies on iron-based superconductors of Ba1-xKx Fe2As2 and nearly optimally doped Fe(Te,Se). Mode-like features were observed universally outside the superconducting gaps in the tunneling spectra, which are similar to our previous observations in other samples and can be ascribed to the interaction between electrons and spin excitations. Furthermore, an almost linear relationship between the superconducting gaps and the superconducting transition temperatures was noted and should also be taken into account in understanding the mechanism of iron-based superconductors.
Ultrafast quasiparticle dynamics of single crystalline LaOFeAs were investigated by pump-probe measurement.The compound experiences structural and spin-density-wave(SDW)phase transitions at 150 K(TS1)and 130 K(TS2),respectively.The relaxation time of quasiparticles was somewhat temperature independent at high temperature but exhibited a sharp upturn at TS1and reached the maximum at approximately TS2.The remarkable slowing down of quasiparticle relaxation time is caused by the formation of energy gap.By employing the Rothwarf-Taylor model analysis,we found that there should be already energy gaps opening just below the structural transition.The magnitude of SDW gap was identified to be 72 meV.
Exact two-dimensional solutions are constructed for the pseudo-spin-1/2 Bose–Einstein condensates,which are described by the coupled nonlinear Gross–Pitaevskii equations where the intra-and inter-species coupling constants are assumed to be equal.The equations are decoupled by means of re-combinations of the nonlinear terms of the hyperfine states according to the spatial dimensions.The stationary solutions form various spin textures which are identified as skyrmion crystals.In a special case,a crystal of skyrmion–anti-skyrmion pairs is formed in the soliton limit.
The recently discovered(Li_(1-x) Fe_x)OHFe Se superconductor with T c about 40 K provides a good platform for investigating the magnetization and electrical transport properties of Fe Se-based superconductors. By using a hydrothermal ion-exchange method,we have successfully grown crystals of(Li_(1-x) Fe_x)OHFe Se. X-ray diffraction on the sample shows the single crystalline Pb O-type structure with the c-axis preferential orientation. Magnetic susceptibility and resistive measurements show an onset superconducting transition at around T c=38.3 K. Using the magnetization hysteresis loops and Bean critical state model, a large critical current J s is observed in low temperature region. The critical current density is suppressed exponentially with increasing magnetic field.Temperature dependencies of resistivity under various currents and fields are measured, revealing a robust superconducting current density and bulk superconductivity.
The temperature and angle dependent resistivity of Ba(Fe 0.75 Ru 0.25) 2 As 2 single crystals were measured in magnetic fields up to 14 T.The temperature dependent resistivity with the magnetic field aligned parallel to c-axis and ab-planes allow us to derive the slope of dH ab c2 /dT and dH c c2 /dT near T c yielding an anisotropy ratio Γ = dH ab c2 /dT/dH c c2 /dT ≈ 2.By scaling the curves of resistivity vs.angle measured at a fixed temperature but different magnetic fields within the framework of the anisotropic Ginzburg-Landau theory,we obtained the anisotropy in an alternative way.Again we found that the anisotropy(m c /m ab) 1/2 was close to 2.This value is similar to that in Ba0.6K0.4Fe2As2(K-doped Ba122) and Ba(Fe 0.92 Co 0.08) 2 As 2(Co-doped Ba122).This suggests that the 3D warping effect of the Fermi surface in Ru-doped samples may not be stronger than that in the K-doped or Co-doped Ba122 samples,therefore the possible nodes appearing in Ru-doped samples cannot be ascribed to the 3D warping effect of the Fermi surface.
We performed detailed temperature-dependent optical measurements on optimally doped Ba0.6K0.4Fe2As2 single crystal. We examine the changes of the in-plane optical conductivity spectral weight in the normal state and the evolution of the superconducting condensate in the superconducting state. In the normal state, the low-frequency spectral weight shows a metallic response with an arctan(T) dependence, indicating a T-linear scattering rate behavior for the carriers. A high energy spectral weight transfer associated with the Hund's coupling occurs from the low frequencies below 4000 cm-1～5000 cm-1to higher frequencies up to at least 104cm-1. Its temperature dependence analysis suggests that the Hund's coupling strength is continuously enhanced as the temperature is reduced. In the superconducting state, the FGT sum rule is conserved according to the spectral weight estimation within the conduction bands, only about 40% of the conduction bands participates in the superconducting condensate indicating that Ba0.6K0.4Fe2As2 is in dirty limit.
Electric transport and scanning tunneling spectrum(STS)have been investigated on polycrystalline samples of the new superconductor Bi4O4S3.A weak insulating behavior in the resistive curve has been induced in the normal state when the superconductivity is suppressed by applying a magnetic field.Interestingly,a kink appears on the temperature dependence of resistivity near 4 K at all high magnetic fields above 1 T when the bulk superconductivity is completely suppressed.This kink associated with the upper critical field as well as the wide range of excess conductance at low fields and high temperatures is explained as the possible evidence of strong superconducting fluctuation.From the tunneling spectra,a superconducting gap of about 3 meV is frequently observed yielding a ratio of 2Δ/kB TC^16.6.This value is much larger than the one predicted by the BCS theory in the weak coupling regime(2Δ/kB TC^3.53),which suggests the strong coupling superconductivity in the present system.Furthermore,the gapped feature persists on the spectra until 14 K in the STS measurement,which suggests a prominent fluctuation region of superconductivity.Such a superconducting fluctuation can survive at very high magnetic fields,which are far beyond the critical fields for bulk superconductivity as inferred both from electric transport and tunneling measurements.
LI ShengYANG HuanFANG DeLongWANG ZhenYuTAO JianDING XiaXinWEN HaiHu
Quantized electron pumping by the surface acoustic wave across barriers created by a sequence of split metal gates is interpreted from the viewpoint of topology.The surface acoustic wave serves as a one-dimensional periodical potential whose energy spectrum possesses the Bloch band structure.The time-dependent phase plays the role of an adiabatic parameter of the Hamiltonian which induces a geometrical phase.The pumping currents are related to the Chern numbers of the filled bands below the Fermi energy.Based on this understanding,we predict a novel effect of quantized but nonmonotonous current plateaus simultaneously pumped by two homodromous surface acoustic waves.
We study a toy square-lattice model under a uniform magnetic field. Using the Landauer-Bttiker formula, we calculate the transport properties of the system on a two-terminal, a four-terminal and a six-terminal device. We find that the quantum spin Hall (QSH) effect appears in energy ranges where the spin-up and spin-down subsystems have different filling factors. We also study the robustness of the resulting QSH effect and find that it is robust when the Fermi levels of both spin subsystems are far away from the energy plateaus but is fragile when the Fermi level of any spin subsystem is near the energy plateaus. These results provide an example of the QSH effect with a physical origin other than time-reversal (TR) preserving spin-orbit coupling (SOC).
