Monday, July 2, 2012

1201.1167 (C. W. Luo et al.)

Quasiparticle dynamics and phonon softening in FeSe superconductors    [PDF]

C. W. Luo, I. H. Wu, P. C. Cheng, J-Y Lin, K. H. Wu, T. M. Uen, J. Y. Juang, T. Kobayashi, D. A. Chareev, O. S. Volkova, A. N. Vasiliev
Quasiparticle dynamics of FeSe single crystals revealed by dual-color transient reflectivity measurements ({\Delta}R/R) provides unprecedented information on Fe-based superconductors. The amplitude of fast component in {\Delta}R/R clearly tells a competing scenario between spin fluctuations and superconductivity. Together with the transport measurements, the relaxation time analysis further exhibits anomalous changes at 90 K and 230 K. The former manifests a structure phase transition as well as the associated phonon softening. The latter suggests a previously overlooked phase transition or crossover in FeSe. The electron-phonon coupling constant {\lambda} is found to be 0.16, identical to the value of theoretical calculations. Such a small {\lambda} demonstrates an unconventional origin of superconductivity in FeSe.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1201.1167

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