Temperature dependence of the superconducting gap of single-layer FeSe/SrTiO3: Direct comparison between transport and spectroscopic measurements

Koshiro Ide, Tomoaki Tanaka, Asger Pedersen, Satoru Ichinokura, and Toru Hirahara
Phys. Rev. Materials 6, 124801 – Published 2 December 2022
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Abstract

We studied the superconducting properties of the one-unit cell FeSe grown on high-doped SrTiO3(001) (STO) substrate by in situ transport and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) measurements. By comparing with previous data taken for the low-doped STO substrate [Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 227002 (2020)], it was revealed that the onset of superconductivity occurs at 40 K irrespective of the STO doping level. Furthermore, from the temperature dependence of the critical current, we were able to deduce the superconducting gap that is relevant in the transport phenomena, which gradually increases by cooling the sample down from 40 K. In contrast, the coherent peak emerges at 60 K that likely corresponds to the Cooper pair formation, while the leading edge shift near the Fermi level is clearly observed at 40 K in the ARPES spectra. We speculate that the STO surface presumably acts as an effective “disorder” in this system and the Cooper pairs are preformed well above the onset of the resistance drop.

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  • Received 10 July 2022
  • Revised 3 November 2022
  • Accepted 16 November 2022

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.6.124801

©2022 American Physical Society

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Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics

Authors & Affiliations

Koshiro Ide*, Tomoaki Tanaka*,†, Asger Pedersen, Satoru Ichinokura, and Toru Hirahara§

  • Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan

  • *These authors contributed equally to this work.
  • Present address: National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Takasaki, Gunma 370-1292, Japan.
  • Present address: Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby 2800 Kgs, Denmark.
  • §hirahara@phys.titech.ac.jp

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Vol. 6, Iss. 12 — December 2022

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