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Giant superconducting fluctuations in the compensated semimetal FeSe at the BCS–BEC crossover

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  • S. Kasahara

    (Kyoto University)

  • T. Yamashita

    (Kyoto University)

  • A. Shi

    (Kyoto University)

  • R. Kobayashi

    (Research Center for Low Temperature and Materials Sciences, Kyoto University)

  • Y. Shimoyama

    (Kyoto University)

  • T. Watashige

    (Kyoto University)

  • K. Ishida

    (Kyoto University)

  • T. Terashima

    (Research Center for Low Temperature and Materials Sciences, Kyoto University)

  • T. Wolf

    (Institute of Solid State Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

  • F. Hardy

    (Institute of Solid State Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

  • C. Meingast

    (Institute of Solid State Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

  • H. v. Löhneysen

    (Institute of Solid State Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

  • A. Levchenko

    (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

  • T. Shibauchi

    (University of Tokyo)

  • Y. Matsuda

    (Kyoto University)

Abstract

The physics of the crossover between weak-coupling Bardeen–Cooper–Schrieffer (BCS) and strong-coupling Bose–Einstein condensate (BEC) limits gives a unified framework of quantum-bound (superfluid) states of interacting fermions. This crossover has been studied in the ultracold atomic systems, but is extremely difficult to be realized for electrons in solids. Recently, the superconducting semimetal FeSe with a transition temperature Tc=8.5 K has been found to be deep inside the BCS–BEC crossover regime. Here we report experimental signatures of preformed Cooper pairing in FeSe, whose energy scale is comparable to the Fermi energies. In stark contrast to usual superconductors, large non-linear diamagnetism by far exceeding the standard Gaussian superconducting fluctuations is observed below T*∼20 K, providing thermodynamic evidence for prevailing phase fluctuations of superconductivity. Nuclear magnetic resonance and transport data give evidence of pseudogap formation at ∼T*. The multiband superconductivity along with electron–hole compensation in FeSe may highlight a novel aspect of the BCS–BEC crossover physics.

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  • S. Kasahara & T. Yamashita & A. Shi & R. Kobayashi & Y. Shimoyama & T. Watashige & K. Ishida & T. Terashima & T. Wolf & F. Hardy & C. Meingast & H. v. Löhneysen & A. Levchenko & T. Shibauchi & Y. Mats, 2016. "Giant superconducting fluctuations in the compensated semimetal FeSe at the BCS–BEC crossover," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 7(1), pages 1-7, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:7:y:2016:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms12843
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12843
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    1. Dapeng Zhao & Wenqiang Cui & Yaowu Liu & Guanming Gong & Liguo Zhang & Guihao Jia & Yunyi Zang & Xiaopeng Hu & Ding Zhang & Yilin Wang & Wei Li & Shuaihua Ji & Lili Wang & Ke He & Xucun Ma & Qi-Kun Xu, 2024. "Electronic inhomogeneity and phase fluctuation in one-unit-cell FeSe films," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-7, December.

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