Superconductivity enhancement in FeSe/SrTiO3: a review from the perspective of electron-phonon coupling

Xiaofeng Xu; Shuyuan Zhang; Xuetao Zhu; Jiandong Guo

doi:10.1088/1361-648X/ab85f0

Superconductivity enhancement in FeSe/SrTiO₃: a review from the perspective of electron-phonon coupling

J Phys Condens Matter. 2020 May 27;32(34). doi: 10.1088/1361-648X/ab85f0.

Authors

Xiaofeng Xu^{1

2}, Shuyuan Zhang³, Xuetao Zhu^{1

2

4}, Jiandong Guo^{1

2

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China.
² School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China.
³ Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Department of Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States of America.
⁴ Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, Guangdong 523808, People's Republic of China.
⁵ Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China.

PMID: 32241002
DOI: 10.1088/1361-648X/ab85f0

Abstract

Single-layer FeSe films grown on SrTiO₃, with the highest superconducting transition temperature (T_C) among all the iron-based superconductors, serves as an ideal platform for studying the microscopic mechanisms of high-T_Csuperconductivity. The significant role of interfacial coupling has been widely recognized, while the precise nature of theT_Cenhancement remains open. In this review, we focus on the investigations of the interfacial coupling in FeSe/SrTiO₃from the perspective of electron-phonon coupling (EPC). The main content will include an overview of the experimental measurements associated with different theoretical models and arguments about the EPC. Especially, besides the discussions of EPC based on the measurements of electronic states, we will emphasize the analyses based on phonon measurements. A uniform picture about the nature of the EPC and its relation to theT_Cenhancement in FeSe/SrTiO₃has still not achieved, which should be the key for further studies aiming to the in-depth understanding of high-T_Csuperconductivity and the discovery of new superconductors with even enhancedT_C.

Keywords: FeSe/SrTiO3; electron–phonon coupling; superconductivity enhancement.

Publication types

Review