Abstract
The structure of the superconducting gap in unconventional superconductors holds a key to understand the momentum-dependent pairing interactions. In superconducting FeSe, there have been controversial results reporting nodal and nodeless gap structures, raising a fundamental issue of pairing mechanisms of iron-based superconductivity. Here, by utilizing polarization-dependent laser-excited angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, we report a detailed momentum dependence of the gap in single- and multi-domain regions of orthorhombic FeSe crystals. We confirm that the superconducting gap has a twofold in-plane anisotropy, associated with the nematicity due to orbital ordering. In twinned regions, we clearly find finite gap minima near the vertices of the major axis of the elliptical zone-centered Fermi surface, indicating a nodeless state. In contrast, the single-domain gap drops steeply to zero in a narrow angle range, evidencing for nascent nodes. Such unusual node lifting in multi-domain regions can be explained by the nematicity-induced time-reversal symmetry breaking near the twin boundaries.
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Introduction
Since the discovery of Fe-based superconductors1, they have been actively investigated to fully understand their superconducting (SC) mechanisms. Among the several kinds of Fe-based superconductors discovered so far, FeSe has the simplest crystal structure consisting only of SC layers2. After high-quality single crystals grown by the vapor transport method became available3, intrinsic properties of FeSe have attracted much attention. One of the noticeable properties of FeSe is its SC transition temperature (Tc). While Tc of bulk FeSe is â¼10âK at ambient pressure4 and it increases to 37âK under applied pressure of 9âGPa5, it has been reported that superconductivity above 100âK is observed for single-layer FeSe grown on SrTiO36. Another prominent feature of FeSe is its small Fermi energy (εF), and thus, FeSe has been proposed to be in the crossover regime between weakly coupled BardeenâCooperâSchrieffer (BCS) and strongly coupled BoseâEinstein-condensate (BEC) limits4, where εF is comparable to the SC gap, as well as the bands around the Î point of FeSe1âxTe x 7,8.
The other features that may be directly related to the mechanism of superconductivity in FeSe are the existence of the structural transition from the tetragonal phase to the orthorhombic phase at Tsââ¼â90âK and the absence of the antiferromagnetic ordering9 unlike other Fe-based superconductors. It has been discussed based on the angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) measurements10,11,12,13,14 that the structural transition is accompanied by orbital ordering. They reported that the splitting of the Fe 3d yz and 3d zx bands emerges at the M point around Ts and it increases as large as 50âmeV. This large splitting has been considered to be too large for the crystal field splitting due to the structural transition, and thus regarded as the evidence of an electronically driven orbital ordering. On the other hand, however, several recent reports have interpreted this splitting as that of 3dyz/zx and 3d xy 15,16, or that due to the spinâorbit coupling17. At the Î point, it has been confirmed that the 3d yz and 3d zx bands split, and one of the bands sinks below EF and the other forms an elliptical hole Fermi surface (FS) by ARPES on the detwinned FeSe18. Similar inequivalent electron occupation of the Fe 3d yz and 3d zx orbitals has been observed by ARPES in Ba(Fe,Co)2As219 and NaFeAs20,21. However, the interplay of this band splitting accompanied with the orbital ordering and superconductivity is still elusive. Revealing the SC gap anisotropy of the elliptical FS at the Î point of FeSe should be crucial for understanding the role of the orbital ordering in superconductivity. In addition, the existence of line nodes in the SC gap of FeSe has been suggested from the thermal conductivity and scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy (STM/STS) measurements4, although some reports suggest a fully gapped state without nodes22,23,24,25. Determination of the positions of the SC gap nodes is important for clarifying the SC mechanism.
In this paper, a study on the SC gap anisotropy of the zone-centered hole FS is presented based on the laser-excited ARPES measurements26,27 of single-crystal FeSe. We observe that the fourfold symmetry is significantly broken in the SC gap anisotropy, which is considered to be due to the orbital ordering, and find that while the SC gap node is not observed for multi-domain samples, it exists at the vertices of the major axis of the elliptical FS for single-domain samples. This can be attributed to breaking of time-reversal symmetry at the twin boundaries and our results reveal the effects of time-reversal symmetry breaking on the nodal SC gap anisotropy.
Results
Fermi surfaces and band dispersions of the twinned FeSe
Figure 1c and f shows the FS maps at the Brillouin-zone (BZ) center measured at 15âK (>Tc), taken with p- and s-polarized incident light. Two FSs were observed and their shapes were twofold symmetric and elliptical. They are rotated to each other by 90° and elongated along the k y and k x directions, respectively. Photoemission intensity of the FS elongated along the k y (k x ) direction was higher for p-(s-) polarization. Below Ts, the crystal symmetry is transformed from the tetragonal phase to the orthorhombic phase, and therefore, the formation of structural twins is generally inevitable. Observed polarization dependence can be explained by the orbital character of these two FSs due to twinning. Each Fe 3d orbital can be classified into even or odd parity with regard to the mirror plane which is parallel to the detector slit (see Supplementary Fig. 1 and Supplementary Note 1 for details). Due to the parity selection rule, p- (s-) polarized light predominantly observes orbital with odd (even) parity. Considering orbital components of the FS determined by the previous work18, the FS of two domains can be selectively observed by p- (s-) polarized light as shown in Fig. 1c, f. Figure 1d and g shows energyâmomentum (Eâk) images in cut #1 in Fig. 1c and cut #2 in Fig. 1f taken with p- and s-polarized light, respectively. Figure 1e and h are their momentum second derivatives. One can see that a hole band crosses the Fermi level (EF) at different Fermi wavevector kF positions for each polarization. The different kF positions of the observed bands correspond to those of the major and minor axes of the elliptical FS. The kF positions are determined from momentum distribution curves (MDCs) at EF (see Supplementary Fig. 6 and Supplementary Note 6 for details).
SC gap structure of the twinned FeSe
Figure 2b and e shows the energy distribution curves (EDCs) at kF below Tc and above Tc taken with p- and s-polarized light, respectively. Each EDC is identified with a FS angle θ, and the kF positions are shown in Fig. 2a, d. To cancel out the effect of the FermiâDirac cutoff, the EDCs were symmetrized with respect to EF, and the results are shown in Fig. 2c, f. Sharp SC coherence peaks can be recognized very clearly in the spectra below Tc. The vertical dashed line in Fig. 2c indicates the peak position of the EDC at θâ=â91°, which is at the end of the major axis of the elliptical FS. The EDC at θâ=â61°, for example, has a higher peak energy, indicating a finite SC gap anisotropy. Previous STM/STS measurements reported a two-peak structure4 indicating two SC gaps (Îââ¼â2.5 and 3.5âmeV). Current results correspond to the smaller gap, and the larger gap may exist at the zone corner. In order to quantify the SC gap sizes, we fitted the spectra to the BCS spectral function and the results are shown as solid lines (see Supplementary Note 7 for details of the fitting function). The observed spectra are well reproduced by the fitting function, indicating reliability of the obtained SC gap sizes.
SC structure of single-domain FeSe
Figure 3 shows the results for another sample, which has a different intensity ratio between two polarizations from Fig. 1. The observed FSs are shown in Fig. 3a, b. The intensity of the FS observed by s-polarized light is much weaker compared to that by p-polarized light, and this intensity difference is similar to that of the detwinned sample (Supplementary Fig. 2 and Supplementary Note 2). By contrast, Fig. 1c, f shows similar intensity of the FS between s- and p-polarized light. Considering this difference, the results shown in Fig. 3 can be interpreted as observation of the single-domain region, although any intentional uniaxial tensile strain was not applied to the sample. This is probably owing to the small laser spot size (â¼200âμm) and the large domain size of the cleaved surface (see Supplementary Fig. 5 and Supplementary Note 5 for the position dependence of the spectra). Similar results for the observation of the single-domain region have been reported for FeSe by Raman scattering28 and ARPES29.
The clear image in Fig. 3c enables a discussion about the band dispersions. The value of k z for the present results obtained with 7-eV laser can be estimated from the position of the β band, which lies below EF as shown in Fig. 3c. The top of the β band is located at â¼18âmeV below EF. Watson et al. have reported that the top of the β band is located at â¼25 and 16âmeV below EF for the Î and Z point, respectively12. Therefore, k z for 7âeV can be estimated to be closer to the Z point than the Î point according to the results of Watson et al. As mentioned above, FeSe has been suggested to be in a BCSâBEC crossover regime4. The present result shows εFââ¼â10âmeV for the α band (Fig. 3c). This corresponds to \(\Delta /\varepsilon _{\mathrm{F}} \sim\) 0.2 for the hole band at the BZ center. This is almost consistent with the previous report of \(\Delta /\varepsilon _{\mathrm{F}} \sim\) 0.3 from the STM/STS measurements4, which is smaller than the criteria of the BCSâBEC crossover regime, and should be an evidence that our results are reasonable and reliable. The electron band at the BZ corner might have \(\Delta /\varepsilon _{\mathrm{F}} \sim\) 1 and satisfy this criterion, as suggested from the STS/STM measurements4.
Figure 3d shows the Eâk image below Tc (2âK) of cut #3 indicated in Fig. 3a, symmetrized with respect to EF. This shows no detectable gap, which may demonstrate the existence of SC gap nodes. Figure 3f and g shows the EDCs at kF and symmetrized EDCs with respect to EF, respectively, taken with p-polarized light. Each EDC is identified with a FS angle θ, and the momentum positions in the FS are shown in Fig. 3e. Some of the symmetrized EDCs above Tc (15âK) seem to have a pseudogap. This might correspond to the preformed Cooper pairing associated with the BCSâBEC crossover regime reported by Kasahara et al30. They reported that the experimental signatures of the preformed Cooper pairing were observed below 20âK. It is clear from the spectra that the SC gap becomes smaller as θ reaches to 90°. Furthermore, the spectra around θâ=â90° show an undetectable gap, and thus, nodes may exist around θâ=â90°. On the other hand, since the experimental observation limit is estimated to be â¼0.2âmeV, the SC gap minimum is at least smaller than 0.2âmeV. The BCS spectra fitting is shown in Fig. 3f, g as solid lines.
Figure 4 shows the obtained SC gap anisotropy. The results from the multi- and single-domain samples are shown together. For the multi-domain samples, the results with p- and s-polarized light are shown together, considering that each polarization shows a higher intensity for the domain rotated to each other by 90°. We fitted the results of the multi-domain samples to the following twofold symmetric formula of the summation of harmonic series:
and the obtained fitting parameters were Aâ=â1.19âmeV, Bâ=â0.079âmeV, Câ=â0.02âmeV, Dâ=â0.228âmeV, and Eâ=ââ0.141âmeV.
The observed SC gap anisotropy shows two major characteristics. First, it shows twofold symmetry. The orbital ordering makes the electronic structure twofold symmetric, and the SC gap anisotropy follows the symmetry. The SC gap at θâ=â90° shows a minimum, while that at θâ=â0° shows a maximum. This clearly demonstrates the breaking of the fourfold symmetry of the SC gap anisotropy. Fitting of the SC gap anisotropy also shows the breaking of the fourfold symmetry as well. Second, the observed SC gap anisotropy shows sharp anisotropy around θâ=â90°. The gap shows a sharp drop toward θâ=â90°. In contrast, the anisotropy becomes very weak around θâ=â180°. These two observations show the necessity for considering the fourfold symmetry breaking due to the orbital ordering when one pursues the mechanism of superconductivity in FeSe. Additionally, there are local minima around θâ=â±45° andâ±â135°. The breaking of fourfold symmetry in SC gap anisotropy is basically consistent with very recent reports of ARPES on a similar compound FeSe0.93S0.0731, and Bogoliubov quasiparticle interference (BQPI) on FeSe32. Theoretically, twofold symmetry of SC gap anisotropy is explained based on spin fluctuations33,34, cooperation between spin and orbital fluctuations35, competition between nematic order and superconductivity36, or orbital nematic fluctuations37.
The observed SC gap anisotropy summarized in Fig. 5a shows a considerable difference between the multi- and single-domain samples. The results for the multi-domain samples show finite gaps at any θ, while those for the single-domain samples show an undetectable gap around θâ=â90°. The difference of the SC gap size between the multi- and single-domain samples away from θâ=â90° becomes small and is almost within error bars at θâ=â80° and 100°.
Discussion
It is not likely that this different gap anisotropy is caused by the difference of disorder level among the pieces of samples. Teknowijoyo et al. have reported from the London penetration depth measurements that the gap minimum increases by â¼0.05âmeV after introducing point-like disorder by electron irradiation24, when the created Frenkel pairs of interstitial vacancies are estimated to be â¼0.05% per Fe and per Se (0.1% total pairs per formula). For our single crystals, the number of impurities and defects was confirmed to be <0.05% per Fe by scanning tunneling microscope topography4,38, and thus, the increase of the gap minimum due to impurities and defects is expected to be less than â¼0.05âmeV, which is much smaller than the difference of the gap minimum at θâ=â90° between the multi- and single-domain samples (â¼0.5âmeV).
Alternatively, SC gap anisotropy could be affected by the existence of twin boundaries. According to Watashige et al., it has been suggested that twin boundaries induce a twist of the order parameter, and accordingly, time-reversal symmetry is broken and a fully gapped state is observed over a distance several times larger than the coherence length near twin boundaries38. Because there should exist many twin boundaries within the laser spot for the multi-domain samples, the SC gap anisotropy for the multi-domain samples could reflect a fully gapped state due to time-reversal symmetry breaking. This could settle a contradiction between the different results for the thermal conductivity measurements. While Kasahara et al. observed a large \(\kappa _0/T\) (a residual linear term in the thermal conductivity as Tâââ0âK) and suggested line nodes in the SC gap4, Bourgeois-Hope et al. observed a very small \(\kappa _0/T\)22, although a residual resistivity is not significantly different between these two studies. This difference might be due to the density of twin boundaries. Moreover, the difference of the SC gap anisotropy between the multi- and single-domain samples around θâ=â90° is consistent with the theoretically calculated node disappearance due to time-reversal symmetry breaking39. Therefore, the difference of the SC gap anisotropy between the multi- and single-domain samples is considered as the effect of time-reversal symmetry breaking near twin boundaries.
According to the SC gap determined from BQPI32, significantly anisotropic gap has been suggested for the zone-centered hole FS. Although the gap nodes were not observed by BQPI, since its reason might be due to the finite scanned area for the Fourier transform, our results should be totally consistent with the gap anisotropy determined from BQPI. If a single node is assumed at the vertex, this means that a sign change occurs at each vertex of the major axis (θâ=â±90°) as schematically shown in Fig. 5b. Although the signed values of the SC gap should become more continuous at θâ=â±90° in this case, the SC gap symmetry is considered to be a p-wave. This would be difficult to expect because there is no theoretical argument for p-wave pairing in this system and this seems inconsistent with the temperature dependence of the upper critical field40,41. Thus, two nodes are assumed to exist at each vertex of the major axis (θâ=â±90°) as shown in Fig. 5c, similar to KFe2As2, which shows an octet-line node structure where two nodes exist within the narrow FS angle range26. In this case, the sign changes occur twice around the vertices and the sign of the gap is consistent with the s-wave symmetry.
Methods
Sample preparation
High-quality single crystals were grown by the chemical vapor transport method using KCl/AlCl3 as transport agent as described in ref. 3.
Laser-ARPES measurements
ARPES data were collected using a laser-ARPES apparatus at ISSP with 6.994âeV, sixth harmonics of Nd:YVO4 quasi-continuous-wave (repetition rateâ=â960âMHz) laser, and VG-Scienta HR8000 electron analyzer as described in ref. 26. This apparatus achieves a maximum energy resolution of 70âμeV and the lowest cooling temperature of 1.5âK, which enables a direct measurement of the SC gap of FeSe. The overall energy resolution was set to â¼1.2âmeV and the angular resolution was 0.1°. The Fermi edge of an evaporated gold film was measured to calibrate EF energy positions. The error bars of the SC gap size were determined from the stability of EF position, and evaluated to be 200âμeV. More details for the accuracy of the measured gap size were described in the previous reports26,42. Polarization of the incident excitation laser was adjusted using half-wave (λ/2) and quarter-wave (λ/4) plates. Samples were cleaved in situ under ultrahigh vacuum and measurements were carried out at pressures better than 5âÃâ10â11âTorr. The measurements were limited to the hole FS at the zone center due to the relatively low excitation energy of 6.994âeV, with which the momentum around the electron FS at the zone corner cannot be accessed.
Data availability
The data supporting the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author on request.
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Acknowledgements
We would like to thank H. Kontani, R. Arita, and P. Zhang for valuable discussions and comments, and also S. Kawachi and M. Tokunaga for technological support of polarization microscope and for enlightening comments. This work was supported by the Photon and Quantum Basic Research Coordinated Development Program of MEXT and partially supported by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) (Grant Numbers JP25220707, JP16K17741, JP25220710, JP15H02106, JP15H03688), and on Innovative Areas Topological Material Science (Grant Number JP15H05852) from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). T.H. acknowledges financial support from JSPS through Program for Leading Graduate Schools (MERIT).
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T.H., Y.O., and H.Q.Y. performed the ARPES measurements. T.H. and K.O. analyzed the data. Y.S. and T. Shimojima designed a sample folder for the ARPES measurements on detwinned samples. S.W. and C.C. developed a VUV laser system. Samples were grown and characterized by S.K., Y.M., and T. Shibauchi. The manuscript was written by T.H., K.O., and S.S. All the authors discussed and contributed to the manuscript. K.O. and S.S. designed the project.
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Hashimoto, T., Ota, Y., Yamamoto, H.Q. et al. Superconducting gap anisotropy sensitive to nematic domains in FeSe. Nat Commun 9, 282 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02739-y
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