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标题：Field-induced superconducting phase of FeSe in the BCS-BEC cross-over
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作者：Shigeru Kasahara ; Tatsuya Watashige ; Tetsuo Hanaguri 等
期刊名称：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN：0027-8424
电子版ISSN：1091-6490
出版年度：2014
卷号：111
期号：46
页码：16309-16313
DOI：10.1073/pnas.1413477111
语种：English
出版社：The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要：SignificanceThe BCS-BEC (Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer--Bose-Einstein-condensate) cross-over bridges the two important theories of bound particles in a unified picture with the ratio of the attractive interaction to the Fermi energy as a tuning parameter. A key issue is to understand the intermediate regime, where new states of matter may emerge. Here, we show that the Fermi energy of FeSe is extremely small, resulting in that this system can be regarded as an extraordinary "high-temperature" superconductor located at the verge of a BCS-BEC cross-over. Most importantly, we discover the emergence of an unexpected superconducting phase in strong magnetic fields, demonstrating that the Zeeman splitting comparable to the Fermi energy leads to a strong modification of the properties of fermionic systems in such a regime. Fermi systems in the cross-over regime between weakly coupled Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) and strongly coupled Bose-Einstein-condensate (BEC) limits are among the most fascinating objects to study the behavior of an assembly of strongly interacting particles. The physics of this cross-over has been of considerable interest both in the fields of condensed matter and ultracold atoms. One of the most challenging issues in this regime is the effect of large spin imbalance on a Fermi system under magnetic fields. Although several exotic physical properties have been predicted theoretically, the experimental realization of such an unusual superconducting state has not been achieved so far. Here we show that pure single crystals of superconducting FeSe offer the possibility to enter the previously unexplored realm where the three energies, Fermi energy [IMG]f1.gif" ALT="Formula" BORDER="0">, superconducting gap {Delta
关键词：BCS-BEC cross-over ; Fermi energy ; quasiparticle interference ; iron-based superconductors ; exotic superconducting phase