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Pauli-limited upper critical field of Fe1+yTe1-xSex

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. B
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  1. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
  2. Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States)
In this work, we investigated the temperature dependence of the upper critical field μ0Hc2(T) of Fe1.02(3)Te0.61(4)Se0.39(4) and Fe1.05(3)Te0.89(2)Se0.11(2) single crystals by measuring the magnetotransport properties in stable dc magnetic fields up to 35 T. Both crystals show that μ0Hc2(T) in the ab plane and along the c-axis exhibit saturation at low temperatures. The anisotropy of μ0Hc2(T) decreases with decreasing temperature, becoming nearly isotropic when the temperature T→0. Furthermore, μ0Hc2(0) deviates from the conventional Werthamer-Helfand-Hohenberg theoretical prediction values for both field directions. Our analysis indicates that the spin-paramagnetic pair-breaking effect is responsible for the temperature-dependent behavior of μ0Hc2(T) in both field directions.
Research Organization:
Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC); Center for Emergent Superconductivity (CES)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE SC Office of Basic Energy Sciences (SC-22)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-98CH10886
OSTI ID:
1064685
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. B, Journal Name: Phys. Rev. B Vol. 81
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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