Large, homogeneous, and isotropic critical current density in oxygen-annealed fe1+yte0:6se0:4 single crystal

Yue Sun, Toshihiro Taen, Yuji Tsuchiya, Qingping Ding, Sunsen Pyon, Zhixiang Shi, Tsuyoshi Tamegai

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Abstract

We reported a controllable way of removing excess Fe in Fe1+yTe0:6Se0:4 by annealing in a fixed amount of O2. Compared with the weak superconductivity induced by dilute acids, O2 annealing can successfully induce bulk superconductivity. Proper O2 annealing changes the temperature dependence of resistivity at low temperatures from semiconducting to metallic, which comes from the deintercalation of excess Fe. Critical current densities with field along the c-axis and ab-plane are found almost isotropic with large values of JHkcc 3 × 105 A/cm2 and JHkabc 2:5 × 10 5 A/cm2 at 2 K. Furthermore, magneto-optical images reveal isotropic current flow within the ab-plane.

Original languageEnglish
Article number043101
JournalApplied Physics Express
Volume6
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013 Apr
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Engineering(all)
  • Physics and Astronomy(all)

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