npj Quantum Materials ( IF 5.4 ) Pub Date : 2024-09-30 , DOI: 10.1038/s41535-024-00677-9 Pascal Reiss, Alix McCollam, Zachary Zajicek, Amir A. Haghighirad, Amalia I. Coldea
We investigate the high-pressure phase of the iron-based superconductor FeSe0.89S0.11 using transport and tunnel diode oscillator studies using diamond anvil cells. We construct detailed pressure-temperature phase diagrams that indicate that the superconducting critical temperature is strongly enhanced by more than a factor of four towards 40 K above 4 GPa. The resistivity data reveal signatures of a fan-like structure of non-Fermi liquid behaviour which could indicate the existence of a putative quantum critical point buried underneath the superconducting dome around 4.3 GPa. With further increasing the pressure, the zero-field electrical resistivity develops a non-metallic temperature dependence and the superconducting transition broadens significantly. Eventually, the system fails to reach a fully zero-resistance state, and the finite resistance at low temperatures becomes strongly current-dependent. Our results suggest that the high-pressure, high-Tc phase of iron chalcogenides is very fragile and sensitive to uniaxial effects of the pressure medium, cell design and sample thickness. This high-pressure region could be understood assuming a real-space phase separation caused by nearly concomitant electronic and structural instabilities.
中文翻译:
FeSe0.89S0.11高压相金属丰度和高温超导性的崩溃
我们利用金刚石砧池进行传输和隧道二极管振荡器研究,研究了铁基超导体 FeSe 0.89 S 0.11的高压相。我们构建了详细的压力-温度相图,表明超导临界温度在 4 GPa 以上时强烈提高了四倍以上,达到 40 K。电阻率数据揭示了非费米液体行为的扇状结构的特征,这可能表明埋藏在 4.3 GPa 左右的超导穹顶下方的假定量子临界点的存在。随着压力的进一步增加,零场电阻率呈现出非金属温度依赖性,超导转变显着展宽。最终,系统无法达到完全零电阻状态,并且低温下的有限电阻变得强烈依赖于电流。我们的结果表明,铁硫族化物的高压、高温c相非常脆弱,并且对压力介质、单元设计和样品厚度的单轴效应敏感。假设由几乎同时存在的电子和结构不稳定性引起的实空间相分离,可以理解该高压区域。