Temperature dependence of lower critical field Hc1(T) shows nodeless superconductivity in FeSe

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作者
Abdel-Hafiez, M. [1 ]
Ge, J. [2 ]
Vasiliev, A. N. [3 ,4 ]
Chareev, D. A. [5 ]
Van de Vondel, J. [2 ]
Moshchalkov, V. V. [2 ]
Silhanek, A. V. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Liege, Dept Phys, B-4000 Sart Tilman Par Liege, Belgium
[2] Katholieke Univ Leuven, Nanoscale Superconduct & Magnetism Grp, INPAC, B-3001 Louvain, Belgium
[3] Moscow MV Lomonosov State Univ, Low Temp Phys & Superconduct Dept, Moscow 119991, Russia
[4] Ural Fed Univ, Theoret Phys & Appl Math Dept, Ekaterinburg 620002, Russia
[5] Russian Acad Sci, Inst Expt Mineral, Chernogolovka 142432, Moscow Dist, Russia
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PENETRATION DEPTH; PHASE-DIAGRAM; FLUX JUMPS; ANISOTROPY;
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10.1103/PhysRevB.88.174512
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T [工业技术];
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摘要
We investigate the temperature dependence of the lower critical field Hc1(T) of a high-quality FeSe single crystal under static magnetic fields H parallel to the c axis. The temperature dependence of the first vortex penetration field has been experimentally obtained by two independent methods and the corresponding Hc1(T) was deduced by taking into account demagnetization factors. A pronounced change in the Hc1(T) curvature is observed, which is attributed to anisotopic s-wave or multiband superconductivity. The London penetration depth.ab (T) calculated from the lower critical field does not follow an exponential behavior at low temperatures, as it would be expected for a fully gapped clean s-wave superconductor. Using either a two-band model with s-wave-like gaps of magnitudes Delta(1) = 0.41 +/- 0.1 meV and Delta(2) = 3.33 +/- 0.25 meV or a single anisotropic s-wave order parameter, the temperature dependence of the lower critical field Hc1(T) can be well described. These observations clearly show that the superconducting energy gap in FeSe is nodeless.
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