Universal Superconductivity in FeTe and All‐Iron‐Based Ferromagnetic Superconductor Heterostructures
Hee Taek Yi, Xiong Yao, Deepti Jain, Ying‐Ting Chan, An‐Hsi Chen, Matthew Brahlek, Kim Kisslinger, Kai Du, Myung‐Geun Han, Yimei Zhu, Weida Wu, Sang‐Wook Cheong, Seongshik Oh
Abstract
Abstract Ferromagnetism (FM) and superconductivity (SC) are two of the most famous macroscopic quantum phenomena. However, nature normally does not allow SC and FM to coexist without significant degradation. Here, the first fully iron‐based SC/FM heterostructures, composed of Fe(Te,Se) and Fe 3 GeTe 2 , are introduced, and it is shown that this system exhibits both strong FM and high‐temperature SC with an atomically sharp interface. From this study, it is also discovered that minute level of various cationic dopants can drive otherwise non‐superconducting FeTe films into a SC state. This suggests that the ground state of FeTe is so close to the SC state that it can be driven in and out of the SC state with various other perturbations. Altogether, this shows that Fe‐Te‐based heterostructures provide a unique opportunity to manipulate magnetism, superconductivity, and topological physics, paving the way toward new superconducting technologies.