We report on a study of the superconducting order parameter in Fe(Te_{1−x}Se_{x}) thin films (with different Se contents: x=0.3, 0.4, 0.5) by means of point-contact Andreev-reflection spectroscopy (PCARS). The PCARS spectra show reproducible evidence of multiple structures, namely two clear conductance maxima associated to a superconducting gap of amplitude Δ_E≃2.75kBTc and additional shoulders at higher energy that, as we show, are the signature of the strong interaction of charge carriers with a bosonic mode whose characteristic energy coincides with the spin-resonance energy. The details of some PCARS spectra at low energy suggest the presence of a smaller and not easily discernible gap of amplitude Δ_H≃1.75k_BTc. The existence of this gap and its amplitude are confirmed by PCARS measurements in Fe(Te_{1−x}Se_{x}) single crystals. The values of the two gaps Δ_E and Δ_H, once plotted as a function of the local critical temperature Tc^A, turn out to be in perfect agreement with the results obtained by various experimental techniques reported in literature.

Point-contact Andreev-reflection spectroscopy in Fe(Te,Se) films: multiband superconductivity and electron-boson coupling / Daghero, Dario; Pecchio, Paola; Ummarino, Giovanni; F., Nabeshima; Y., Imai; A., Maeda; I., Tsukada; S., Komiya; Gonnelli, Renato. - In: SUPERCONDUCTOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY. - ISSN 0953-2048. - STAMPA. - 27:12(2014), pp. 124014-1-124014-8. [10.1088/0953-2048/27/12/124014]

Point-contact Andreev-reflection spectroscopy in Fe(Te,Se) films: multiband superconductivity and electron-boson coupling

DAGHERO, Dario;PECCHIO, PAOLA;UMMARINO, Giovanni;GONNELLI, Renato
2014

Abstract

We report on a study of the superconducting order parameter in Fe(Te_{1−x}Se_{x}) thin films (with different Se contents: x=0.3, 0.4, 0.5) by means of point-contact Andreev-reflection spectroscopy (PCARS). The PCARS spectra show reproducible evidence of multiple structures, namely two clear conductance maxima associated to a superconducting gap of amplitude Δ_E≃2.75kBTc and additional shoulders at higher energy that, as we show, are the signature of the strong interaction of charge carriers with a bosonic mode whose characteristic energy coincides with the spin-resonance energy. The details of some PCARS spectra at low energy suggest the presence of a smaller and not easily discernible gap of amplitude Δ_H≃1.75k_BTc. The existence of this gap and its amplitude are confirmed by PCARS measurements in Fe(Te_{1−x}Se_{x}) single crystals. The values of the two gaps Δ_E and Δ_H, once plotted as a function of the local critical temperature Tc^A, turn out to be in perfect agreement with the results obtained by various experimental techniques reported in literature.
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