Imaging the coexistence of superconductivity and a charge density modulation in K0.73Fe1.67Se2 superconductor

Details Imaging the coexistence of superconductivity and a charge density modulation in K0.73Fe1.67Se2 superconductor Imaging the coexistence of superconductivity and a charge density modulation in K0.73Fe1.67Se2 superconductor

2011-08-13

arxiv.org/abs/1108.2798v1

Physical Review B 85, 094512 (2012)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

16 pages, 5 figures

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We report scanning tunneling microscopy studies of the local structural and electronic properties of the iron selenide superconductor K0.73Fe1.67Se2 with TC = 32K. On the atomically resolved FeSe surface, we observe well-defined superconducting gap and the microscopic coexistence of a charge density modulation with root2*root2 periodicity with respect to the original Se lattice. We propose that a possible origin of the pattern is the electronic superstructure caused by the block antiferromagnetic ordering of the iron moments. The widely expected iron vacancy ordering is not observed, indicating that it is not a necessary ingredient for superconductivity in the intercalated iron selenides.

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