Pressure-Induced Polymerization of

Pressure Dependence of Superconductivity of Iron
Chalcogenides
Shimizu group
M1 Hidenori Fujita
Contents
• Introduction
– High pressure
– Superconductor
– KxFe2-ySe2
• My experiment
– High pressure experiment
– Sample & Data
• Conclusion & Future work
introduction
• High Pressure
– 1 GPa = 10,000 atm

http://www.jsanet.or.jp/qanda/text/q1_03.
html
≅ 100,000 m (water depth)
– 360 GPa ≅ center of the earth
100,000m
http://www.spring8.or.jp/ja/news_publi
cations/research_highlights/no_57/
introduction
• High Pressure
– Pressure can change crystal structure
• atomic distance, structure type ….. etc.
pressurization
Molecule
Insulator
pressurization monatomic metal
(金属単原子)
Introduction
• Superconductivity (SC)超伝
導
– Zero resistance
– Meissner effect
– Emerge at low temperature
– Application
http://www.kek.jp/ja/New
sRoom/Highlights/201105
12133324/
• Superconducting magnet
• SQUID
• Transmission line
…. etc.
http://www.st-h.ed.jp/oldpage/clubpage/kaken/physics/katudou/tyoudenndou.html
Introduction
• Pressure dependence of SC
– Transition temperature can change with pressure
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
Vol. 78, No. 6, June, 2009, 063705
http://www.jst.go.jp/pr/anno
unce/20080424/
Introduction
• History of Tc
– Highest ≅ 170 K
(under high pressure in
HgBa2Ca2Cu3O8+δ(Hg1223) )
– Iron based
superconductor
• Tc < 60 K
• Chalcogenide &
pnictide
Introduction
• KxFe2-ySe2
– Tc of KxFe2-ySe2 decrease by applying pressure
– SC phase re-emerge at higher pressure (at 11GPa)
doi:10.1038/nature10813
Motivation
• Research….
– difference of sample (amount of K)
• Previous research : K0.8Fe1.7Se2
– behavior at high pressure
My experiment
• High pressure experiment
– Apply pressure with Diamond Anvil Cell
My experiment
• High pressure experiment
– How to measure the electrical resistance
My experiment
• Sample 1
Run 1
– Property and condition
K0.66Fe1.78Se2
(amount of K is few)
Run 2
My experiment
• Sample 1
– Results
Run 1
Run 2
8
120
K0.66Fe1.78Se2
100
0.6 GPa
80
2.78 GPa
60
5.32 G
K0.66Fe1.78Se2
6
3.39 GPa
40
R (ohm)
R (ohm)
Pa
7
Pa
7.16 G
5
8.08 GPa
4
10.19 G
3
Pa
a
2
11.31 GP
20
1
12.49 G
0
0
6.27 GPa
0
50
100
150
T (K)
200
250
300
Pa
0
50
100
150
T (K)
200
250
300
My experiment
• Sample 1
– Results
1.5
Pa
G
9
0 .1
R (ohm)
K0.66Fe1.78Se2
1
1.0
1G
11.3
Pa
G
12.49
0.5
0.0
Pa
0
20
40
60
T (K)
80
100
My experiment
• Sample 2
– Property and condition
K0.8Fe2Se2
(original composition)
My experiment
• Sample 2
– Results
My experiment
• Sample 1
– Results
2.05
K0.8Fe2Se2
2.04
R (ohm)
2.03
11.10 GPa
2.02
2.01
2.00
1.99
1.98
0
5
10
15
T (K)
20
25
Sample 1
Sample 2
60
60
previous data
my data
50
50
40
40
T (K)
T (K)
previous data
my data
30
30
20
20
10
10
0
0
0
2
4
6
8
10
P (GPa)
12
14
16
0
2
4
6
8
P (GPa)
10
12
14
16
Conclusion & Future work
• SC1-phase remains
– SC2-phase didn’t appear
• Future work
– Change the amount of Fe
– Continue to research at high pressure