"Probing the Direct Factor for Superconductivity in FeSe-Based Supercon" by Animin Zhang, Xiaoli Ma et al.
 

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-14-2019

Publication Title

Physical Review B

Publisher

American Physical Society

Volume

100

Issue

6

First page number:

1

Last page number:

6

Abstract

The FeSe-based superconductors exhibit a wide range of critical temperature Tcunder a variety of material and physical conditions, but extensive studies to date have yet to produce a consensus view on the underlying mechanism. Here we report on a systematic Raman-scattering work on intercalated FeSe superconductors Lix(NH3)yFe2Se2 and (Li,Fe)OHFeSe compared to pristine FeSe. All three crystals show an anomalous power-law temperature dependence of phonon linewidths, deviating from the standard anharmonic behavior. This intriguing phenomenon is attributed to electron-phonon coupling effects enhanced by electron correlation, as evidenced by the evolution of the A1g Raman mode. Meanwhile, an analysis of the B1g mode, which probes the out-of-plane vibration of Fe, reveals a lack of influence by previously suggested structural parameters, and instead indicates a crucial role of the joint density of states in determining Tc. These findings identify carrier doping as the direct factor driving and modulating superconductivity in FeSe-based compounds.

Disciplines

Physics

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File Size

770 KB

Language

English

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