Superconductivity of the FeSe/SrTiO_3 Interface in View of BCS–BEC Crossover

In paired Fermi systems,strong many-body effects exhibit in the crossover regime between the Bardeen-CooperSchrieffer(BCS)and the Bose-Einstein condensation(BEC)limits.The concept of the BCS-BEC crossover,which is studied intensively in the research field of cold atoms,has been extended to condensed matters.Here by anal.yzing the typical superconductors within the BCS-BEC phase diagram,we find that FeSe-based superconductors are prone to shift their positions in the BCS-BEC crossover regime by charge doping or substrate substitution,since their Fermi energies and the superconducting gap sizes are comparable.Especiall.y at the interface of single-layer FeSe on SrTiO_3 substrate,the superconductivity is relocated closer to the crossover unitary than other doped FeSe-based materials,indicating that the pairing interaction is effectively modulated.We further show that hole-doping can drive the interfacial system into the phase with possible pre-paired electrons,demonstrating its flexible tunability within the BCS-BEC crossover regime.