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Electronic nematic susceptibility of iron-based superconductors
We review our recent experimental results on the electronic nematic phase in
electron- and hole-doped BaFeAs and FeSe. The nematic susceptibility is
extracted from shear-modulus data (obtained using a three-point-bending method
in a capacitance dilatometer) using Landau theory and is compared to the
nematic susceptibility obtained from elastoresistivity and Raman data. FeSe is
particularly interesting in this context, because of a large nematic, i.e., a
structurally distorted but paramagnetic, region in its phase diagram. Scaling
of the nematic susceptibility with the spin lattice relaxation rate from NMR,
as predicted by the spin-nematic theory, is found in both electron- and
hole-doped BaFeAs, but not in FeSe. The intricate relationship of the
nematic susceptibility to spin and orbital degrees of freedom is discussed.Comment: Invited review article for a special issue on Fe-based
superconductors in Comptes Rendus Physiqu
Nematicity, magnetism and superconductivity in FeSe
Iron-based superconductors are well known for their complex interplay between
structure, magnetism and superconductivity. FeSe offers a particularly
fascinating example. This material has been intensely discussed because of its
extended nematic phase, whose relationship with magnetism is not obvious.
Superconductivity in FeSe is highly tunable, with the superconducting
transition temperature, , ranging from 8 K in bulk single
crystals at ambient pressure to almost 40 K under pressure or in intercalated
systems, and to even higher temperatures in thin films. In this topical review,
we present an overview of nematicity, magnetism and superconductivity, and
discuss the interplay of these phases in FeSe. We focus on bulk FeSe and the
effects of physical pressure and chemical substitutions as tuning parameters.
The experimental results are discussed in the context of the well-studied
iron-pnictide superconductors and interpretations from theoretical approaches
are presented.Comment: Topical Review submitted to Journal of Physics: Condensed Matte
Competing Phases in Iron-Based Superconductors Studied by High-Resolution Thermal-Expansion and Shear-Modulus Measurements
Die thermodynamischen Phasen von eisenbasierten Supraleitern, hauptsächlich von K-substituiertem BaFe2As2 und von FeSe, wurden mittels hochaufgelöster Messungen der thermischen Ausdehnung und des elastischen Schermoduls untersucht. Für Letzteres wurde eine neue Messmethode entwickelt. Insbesondere wird der Zusammenhang von Magnetismus und strukturellem Phasenübergang betrachtet
Shape- and orientation-dependence of surface barriers in single crystalline d-wave Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_8+delta
7 pages, submitted to Phys. Rev. BMagneto-optical imaging and Hall-probe array magnetometry are used to measure the field of first flux entry, H_p, into the same Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_8+delta single crystal cut to different crystal thickness-to-width ratios (d/w), and for two angles alpha between the edges and the principal in-plane crystalline (a,b) axes. At all temperatures, the variation with aspect ratio of H_p is qualitatively well described by calculations for the so-called geometric barrier [E.H. Brandt, Phys. Rev. B 60, 11939 (1999)]. However, the magnitude of H_p is strongly enhanced due to the square shape of the crystal. In the intermediate temperature regime (T < ~ 50 K) in which the Bean-Livingston barrier limits vortex entry, there is some evidence for a tiny crystal-orientation dependent enhancement when the sample edges are at an angle of 45° with respect to the crystalline axes, rather than parallel to them
Non-monotonic pressure evolution of the upper critical field in superconducting FeSe
The pressure dependence of the upper critical field, , of
single crystalline FeSe was studied using measurements of the inter-plane
resistivity, in magnetic fields parallel to tetragonal
-axis. curves obtained under hydrostatic pressures up
to GPa, the range over which the superconducting transition temperature,
, of FeSe exhibits a non-monotonic dependence with local maximum
at 0.8 GPa and local minimum at 1.2 GPa. The slope of
the upper critical field at ,
, also
exhibits a non-monotonic pressure dependence with distinct changes at and
. For the slope can be described within multi-band orbital model.
For both the slope is in good quantitative agreement
with a single band, orbital Helfand-Werthamer theory with Fermi velocities
determined from Shubnikov-de Haas measurements. This finding indicates that
Fermi surface changes are responsible for the local minimum of
at 1.2 GPa.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
Dome of magnetic order inside the nematic phase of sulfur-substituted FeSe under pressure
The pressure dependence of the structural, magnetic and superconducting
transitions and of the superconducting upper critical field were studied in
sulfur-substituted Fe(SeS). Resistance measurements were
performed on single crystals with three substitution levels (=0.043, 0.096,
0.12) under hydrostatic pressures up to 1.8 GPa and in magnetic fields up to 9
T, and compared to data on pure FeSe. Our results illustrate the effects of
chemical and physical pressure on Fe(SeS). On increasing sulfur
content, magnetic order in the low-pressure range is strongly suppressed to a
small dome-like region in the phase diagrams. However, is much less
suppressed by sulfur substitution and of Fe(SeS) exhibits
similar non-monotonic pressure dependence with a local maximum and a local
minimum present in the low pressure range for all . The local maximum in
coincides with the emergence of the magnetic order above . At this
pressure the slope of the upper critical field decreases abruptly. The minimum
of correlates with a broad maximum of the upper critical field slope
normalized by
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