The study of the itinerant electron magnetism of Fe-based superconductors by the

proximity effect

Yu.N. Chiang1, M.O. Dzyuba1, O.G. Shevchenko1 and A.N. Vasiliev2

ILTPE NASU, Ukraine
1
2
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russian Federation
E-mail:dzyuba@ilt.kharkov.ua

The emergence of new iron-based superconductors caused another burst of interest in the problem of
compalibility between superconductivity and magnetism. Experimetal investigations of the conductance of point-
contact NS heterosystems, with monocrystalline FeSe and granular LaO(F)FeAs as a supercoductor, under
conditions of Andreev reflection, seem to be an important trend in the study of this problem.
2,1
0,4

FeSe
R, Ohm

0,2

1,4 0,0
0 2 4 6 8 10
2 T, K
R/R 282K

0,7

1 bulk
point contact

0,0

0 50 100 150 200 250 300

T, K
Resistance of FeSe samples as a function of carriers
energy set by the temperature T: 1-bulk samples
measured in the geometry of non-concurrent probes;
2 - point-contact samples measured in the geometry
of the concurrent probes.
We used the proximity effect as a tool to achieve an ideal
(“barrier-free”) NS boundaries (see figure) for quantitative
evaluation of transport phenomena that accompany the
transformation of dissipative current to supercurrent in NS
systems with Fe-based superconductors – monocrystalline
chalcogenide FeSe and granular pnictide LaO(F)FeAs.

The effect of spin accumulation - increased resistance of spin-polarized

FeSe and LaO(F)FeAs at the NS interface in the transition from NN to NS

regime

The evidence for the spin polarization of electron

transport is obtained based on the sensitivity of Andreev
conductance to symmetry with respect to the spin
rotation.
The nature of the hysteresis of magnetoresistance also
points to the spin polarization of the charge carriers.
The results suggest that the nature of
superconductivity in layered superconductors is connected
with the magnetism of conduction electron (itinerant
Hysteresis of magnetoresistance of
point-contact FeSe samples under magnetism) which has nothing in common with the local
proximity effect magnetism of iron ions.