The Meissner and Mesoscopic Superconducting States in the Ultrathin FeSe-Films

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Abstract

We carried out a detailed investigation on the superconductivity in eight 1-4 unit-cell FeSe-films on SrTiO3(STO) substrates by measuring their magnetization and resistivity in a field between 5E2 and 7E4 Oe over the last one and half years as a function of temperature and frequency, from 2 to 300 K and 0 to 1.5 kHz, respectively. Systematic aging effect for these samples was also well studied. The results show that samples display a complex superconducting structure, i.e. a Meissner state but populated with weak-links below 20 K, and an unusual superconducting mesostructure up to 45 K. A model is proposed to account for such a superconducting mesoscopic structure, similar to the Andreev reflection between the normal and superconducting carriers. Above 45 K, collective glass-like excitations are evident although their nature is yet to be determined.

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Authors

  • L.Z. Deng

    • Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston
    • Texas Center for Superconductivity and Department of Physics, University of Houston

  • B. Lv

    • Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston

  • Z. Wu

    • Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston

  • Y.Y. Xue

    • Texas Center for Superconductivity, Department of Physics, University of Houston
    • Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston
    • Texas Center for Superconductivity and Department of Physics, University of Houston

  • W. H. Zhang

    • Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing

  • F. H. Li

    • Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing

  • Lili Wang

    • Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
    • Tsinghua University

  • Xucun Ma

    • Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
    • Department of Physics, Tsinghua University

  • Q. K. Xue

    • Tsinghua University
    • Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing

  • C. W. Chu

    • Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California