Pressure-dependent upper critical field of FeSe superconductor

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Abstract

In FeSe, the superconducting transition temperature $T_c $ ($\approx 9\,$K at ambient pressure) has a complicated pressure dependence with a local maximum near $p_1\approx$\,0.8\,GPa and a local minimum at $p_2\approx$\,1.2GPa. In this work, we study the upper critical field, $H_{c2,c}(T)$, of FeSe using c-axis resistivity measurements under hydrostatic pressure up to 1.56\,GPa with the magnetic field H$\parallel$c. Application of both current and magnetic field along the same axis reduces the flux flow motion and give sharper transition in applied fields. We observe a non-monotonic evolution of the slope of $H_{c2,c}(T)$$\mid_{T_c}$ with pressure, with changes around $p_1$ and $p_2$. We employ two-band orbital $H_{c2,c}$ calculation to show that the data can be explained using the Fermi velocities extracted from the recent quantum oscillations study\,$[1]$ over the whole pressure range. \linebreak $[1]$ Terashima {\it et al.} arXiv:1510.01840v1 [cond-mat.supr-con] (2015)

Authors

  • Udhara Kaluarachchi

    Ames Lab., Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State Univ., Iowa State University/ Ames LabLaboratory

  • Valentin Taufour

    The Ames Laboratory and Iowa State University, Ames Lab., Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State Univ., Iowa State University/ Ames Laboratory, Ames Laboratory / Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA

  • Anna B\"ohmer

    Ames Laboratory

  • Makariy A. Tanatar

    The Ames Laboratory and Iowa State University, Ames Laboratory and Iowa State University, Iowa State University/ Ames Laboratory

  • Sergey L. Bud'ko

    Ames Laboratory, U.S. DOE and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA, Ames Lab., Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State Univ., Ames Laboratory/Iowa State University, Iowa State University/ Ames Laboratory, Ames Laboratory, Dept. of Phys. and Astro, Iowa State Univ.

  • Vladimir Kogan

    Ames Laboratory

  • Ruslan Prozorov

    Iowa State University/ Ames Laboratory

  • Paul C. Canfield

    The Ames Laboratory and Iowa State University, Ames Laboratory, U.S. DOE and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA, Ames Lab., Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State Univ., Iowa State University/ Ames Laboratory, Ames Laboratory, Dept. of Phys. and Astro, Iowa State Univ., Ames Laboratory and Dept of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University