Dome-shaped magnetic order competing with high-temperature superconductivity at high pressures in FeSe

  • J. P. Sun
  • , K. Matsuura
  • , G. Z. Ye
  • , Y. Mizukami
  • , M. Shimozawa
  • , K. Matsubayashi
  • , M. Yamashita
  • , T. Watashige
  • , S. Kasahara
  • , Y. Matsuda
  • , J. Q. Yan
  • , B. C. Sales
  • , Y. Uwatoko
  • , J. G. Cheng
  • , T. Shibauchi

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Abstract

The coexistence and competition between superconductivity and electronic orders, such as spin or charge density waves, have been a central issue in high transition-temperature (T c) superconductors. Unlike other iron-based superconductors, FeSe exhibits nematic ordering without magnetism whose relationship with its superconductivity remains unclear. Moreover, a pressure-induced fourfold increase of T c has been reported, which poses a profound mystery. Here we report high-pressure magnetotransport measurements in FeSe up to 1/415 GPa, which uncover the dome shape of magnetic phase superseding the nematic order. Above 1/46 GPa the sudden enhancement of superconductivity (T c ≤38.3 K) accompanies a suppression of magnetic order, demonstrating their competing nature with very similar energy scales. Above the magnetic dome, we find anomalous transport properties suggesting a possible pseudogap formation, whereas linear-in-temperature resistivity is observed in the normal states of the high-T c phase above 6 GPa. The obtained phase diagram highlights unique features of FeSe among iron-based superconductors, but bears some resemblance to that of high-T c cuprates.

Original languageEnglish
Article number12146
JournalNature Communications
Volume7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 19 2016

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