Superconducting anisotropy and vortex pinning in CaKFe_4As_4 and KCa_2Fe_4As_4F_2

The vortex pinning determining the current carrying capacity of a superconductor is an important property to the applications of superconducting materials.For layered superconductors,the vortex pinning can be enhanced by a strong interlayer interaction in accompany with a suppression of superconducting anisotropy,which remains to be investigated in iron based superconductors(FeSCs)with the layered structure.Here,based on the transport and magnetic torque measurements,we experimentally investigate the vortex pinning in two bilayer FeSCs,CaKFe₄As₄(Fe1144)and KCa₂Fe₄As4F₂(Fe12442),and compare their superconducting anisotropyγ.While the anisotropyγ≈3 for Fe1144 is much smaller thanγ≈15 in Fe12442 around Tc,a higher flux pinning energy as evidenced by a higher critical current density is found in Fe1144,as compared with the case of Fe12442.In combination with the literature data of Ba_0.72K_0.28Fe2As₂ and Nd Fe As_O0.82F_0.18,we reveal an anti-correlation between the pinning energy and the superconducting anisotropy in these Fe SCs.Our results thus suggest that the interlayer interaction can not be neglected when considering the vortex pinning in Fe SCs.     

铁砷新超导材料的合成研究

文章简单介绍了作者在铁砷基材料的合成方面所取得的一系列工作进展.首先介绍了在空穴型掺杂的1111系统中发现超导电性的工作以及后续的发展.然后介绍厂在氟基铁砷材料AeFeAsF(Ae=Sr,Ca,Ba和Eu)方面所取得的进展以及最新的超导转变温度的记录.最后介绍一种铁砷面间距较大的新型结构材料(Sr3Sc2O5)Fe2As2的合成以及一种新型超导体(Sr4V2O6)Fe2As2(Tc=37.2 K)的发现.     

Sizable Residual Quasiparticle Density of States Induced by Impurity Scattering Effect in Ba（Fe1-xCox）2As2 Single Crystals

Low-temperature specific heat Cp is measured on Ba（Fe1-xCox）2As2 single crystals in a wide doping region. A sizeable residual specific heat coefficient γo is observed in the low temperature limit of all samples. The specific heat jump near Tc, i.e. ΔCp/T／T_c, is also determined. It is found that -γo, ΔCp/T／T_c and Tc all share a similar evolution with doping. These can be well understood within the model of S± pairing symmetry when accounting for the cobalt-dopants as unitary scattering centers in the FeAs planes. Our results reveal a non-trivial impact of impurity scattering in FeAs-based.     

降维超导 堆砌如花

<正>降维体系关联本复繁降维堆砌梦新颜从来物理风霜领焉乃化学今亦欢1引子超导物理及材料,是量子材料和凝聚态物理的高地,虽历经近百年却经久不衰。它很美,也很高冷。关于超导的故事,已经讲得很多也听了很多,但超导物理是多维的、色彩斑斓的。我们的生活,特别是物理生活,如果没有超导,可能会有些乏味。超导之路仍然充满探索的诱惑……     

铁基超导1111体系CaFeAsF的单晶生长和物性研究

自2008年发现铁基高温超导以来,人们对该体系的材料探索和物理性质开展了广泛而深入的研究.然而,作为最早被发现并且体材料中临界转变温度最高的一大类材料, 1111体系长期以来一直缺乏大尺寸高质量的单晶样品,这严重制约了对这一材料体系相关物理问题的深入研究.最近几年,氟基的1111体系材料CaFeAsF的单晶生长取得了较大进展:以CaAs作为助熔剂,在常压下成功地生长出了毫米尺寸高质量的CaFeAsF母体以及Co掺杂的超导体单晶;在此基础上,多个研究组利用不同实验手段对该体系的物理性质进行了研究,并得到了一些比较重要的结果.本综述对该方向的进展进行初步总结,内容涵盖晶体生长、各向异性、强场下的磁阻、磁力矩、红外光谱、高压调控、量子振荡等内容.     

利用比热手段证明氧化物超导体正常态有电子库珀对存在

文章简单介绍了氧化物超导体机理问题研究中最核心的问题之一,即超导与赝能隙关系的最新进展状态.介绍了利用高精度比热测量所发现的在欠掺杂样品的正常态有电子配对存在的证据,指出超导凝聚过程是非BCS型.比热数据显示,在重过掺区域,超导转变温度附近的比热跳变非常之陡,超导凝聚所造成的熵变满足守恒规律.然后到欠掺杂区,这个比热跳变变得很矮,而且在正常态仍然测量到一个与磁场相关的比热部分,表现在比热系数有一个很长的尾巴拖到高温区.计算到Tc附近的超导熵不满足守恒律,但是积分到高温后,即考虑到尾巴部分后,熵就接近守恒.这说明,在欠掺杂超导体的正常态已经有电子配对,但是没有建立起宏观超导相干态.氧化物超导体中的超导凝聚过程不是BCS型的.