In-plane transport anisotropy study of oxygen doped iron telluride MBE thin films on LaAlO3 substrate

ORAL

Abstract

FeTe is well known for its simple crystal structure in the 11 family iron-based high temperature superconductors. We have observed two distinct in-plane transport phenomena in MBE grown FeTe thin films on LaAlO3 substrates. The first one is an unexpected global alignment of the in-plane transport anisotropy. A low temperature resistivity upturn feature has been observed in the neighborhood of the superconducting transition temperature as a function of transport direction. The resistivity upturn feature emerges from 8K to 20K. The second one is the coexistence of superconductivity with the low temperature resistivity upturn. We will report our studies of these distinct transport anisotropy experimental results comparing them with first principle simulations.

*This material is based upon work supported as part of the Center of Emergent Superconductivity, an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the U.S. DoE, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences under Award Number DE-AC0298CH10.

Authors

  • Can Zhang

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    • University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
  • Huihuo Zheng

    • University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
    • Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Mao Zheng

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    • University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
  • Brian Mulcahy

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    • University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
  • Xiaoxiao Wang

    • University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
  • Ying Jia

    • MSD, Argonne Nat Lab
    • Argonne National Laboratory
  • Ulrich Welp

    • MSD, Argonne Nat Lab
    • Argonne National Laboratory
    • Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
    • Argonne Natl Lab
  • James N. Eckstein

    • University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    • University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign