The anomalous Hall effect in epitaxial Fe(110)films grown on Ga As(110) is investigated as a function of both film thickness and temperature. The Berry curvatureinduced intrinsic contribution of 996 X 1cm 1is determined experimentally for the first time. Together with 821 X 1cm 1in Fe(111) and 1100 X 1cm 1in Fe(001)obtained earlier, we show unambiguously the anisotropy of the Berry curvature contribution to the anomalous Hall effect in single-crystal Fe.
Jianli XuLin WuYufan LiDai TianKai ZhuXinxin GongXiaofeng Jin
Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) has played an important role in determining the band structure and the superconducting gap structure of iron-based superconductors. In this paper, from the ARPES perspective, we briefly review the main results from our group in recent years on the iron-based superconductors and their parent compounds, and depict our current understanding on the antiferromagnetism and superconductivity in these materials.
The surface impurity effect on the surface-state conductivity and weak antilocalization(WAL) effect has been investigated in epitaxial Bi(111) films by magnetotransport measurements at low temperatures. The surface-state conductivity is significantly reduced by the surface impurities of Cu, Fe, and Co. The magnetotransport data demonstrate that the observed WAL is robust against deposition of nonmagnetic impurities, but it is quenched by the deposition of magnetic impurities which break the time reversal symmetry. Our results help to shed light on the effect of surface impurities on the electron and spin transport properties of a 2D surface electron systems.
The discovery of high temperature superconductivity in single-layer FeSe/SrTiO3 provides a new platform for exploring superconductivity and pursuing higher Tc(superconducting transition temperature) through fabricating artificial heterostructures. In this paper, we review the recent progress in studying and tuning the interfacial superconductivity in single-layer FeSe, through the combined in-situ spectroscopic studies and atomic-scale engineering. By fabricating artificial heterostructures, various interfacial factors were tuned, and the corresponding evolutions of electronic structure and superconducting gap behavior were investigated. These studies enrich the current understanding on the interfacial superconductivity, and provide clues for further enhancing Tc through interface engineering.
The newly discovered iron-chalcogenide superconductorKxFe2ySe2exhibits a distinct electronic structure from other iron-based superconductors.Exploiting polarization-dependent angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy,we have determined the orbital characters of band structure in aKxFe2ySe2superconductor.To a large extent,we find thatKxFe2ySe2superconductor shares similar orbital characters with other iron-based superconductors,but with its own characteristics.For example,we have resolved two highly degenerate electron cylinders around the zone corner in the s and p geometries,respectively,indicating negligible interactions between them.Moreover,in contrast to the band calculation results,the small electron pocket around Z is found to be mainly consisted of the d z 2 orbital.The determined orbital characters would help to construct a realistic model forKxFe2ySe2.
The spin Hall effect has been investigated in 10-nm-thick epitaxial Au(001) single crystal films via H-pattern devices,whose minimum characteristic dimension is about 40 nm. By improving the film quality and optimizing the in-plane geometry parameters of the devices, we explicitly extract the spin Hall effect contribution from the ballistic and bypass contribution which were previously reported to be dominating the non-local voltage. Furthermore, we calculate a lower limit of the spin Hall angle of 0.08 at room temperature. Our results indicate that the giant spin Hall effect in Au thin films is dominated not by the interior defects scattering, but by the surface scattering. Besides, our results also provide an additional experimental method to determine the magnitude of spin Hall angle unambiguously.
