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Spin fluctuations from Bogoliubov Fermi surfaces in the superconducting state of S-substituted FeSe

Zhongyu Yu, Koya Nakamura, Kazuya Inomata, Xiaoling Shen, Taketora Mikuri, Kohei Matsuura, Yuta Mizukami, S. Kasahara, Yuji Matsuda, T. Shibauchi, Yoshiya Uwatoko, Naoki Fujiwara

2023Communications Physics12 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

Abstract The study of the iron-based superconductor, FeSe, has resulted in various topics, such as the interplay among superconductivity, nematicity, and magnetism, Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer Bose-Einstein-condensation (BCS-BEC) crossover, and Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) superconductivity. Recently, topologically protected nodal Fermi surfaces, referred to as Bogoliubov Fermi surfaces (BFSs), have garnered much attention. A theoretical model for the S-substituted FeSe system demonstrated that BFSs can manifest under the conditions of spin-orbit coupling, multi-band systems, and superconductivity with time-reversal symmetry breaking. Here we report the observation of spin fluctuations originating from BFSs in the superconducting (SC) state via 77 Se-nuclear magnetic resonance measurements to 100 mK. In a heavily S-substituted FeSe, we found an anomalous enhancement of low-energy spin fluctuations deep in the SC state, which cannot be explained by an impurity effect. Such unusual behavior implies the presence of significant spin fluctuations of Bogoliubov quasiparticles, which are associated with possible nesting properties between BFSs.

Topics & Concepts

Condensed matter physicsSuperconductivitySpin (aerodynamics)Fermi Gamma-ray Space TelescopePhysicsState (computer science)Fermi levelQuantum mechanicsMathematicsElectronThermodynamicsAlgorithmIron-based superconductors researchRare-earth and actinide compoundsPhysics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
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