Anisotropic pressure effects on superconductivity in Fe1+yTe1-xSx

TL;DR

This study explores how uniaxial and hydrostatic pressures affect superconductivity in Fe1.07Te0.88S0.12, revealing that out-of-plane pressure enhances Tc while in-plane and hydrostatic pressures suppress it, linked to lattice and spin fluctuation effects.

Contribution

It demonstrates the anisotropic pressure dependence of Tc in Fe1+yTe1-xSx and connects lattice parameter changes to superconductivity enhancement.

Findings

Out-of-plane pressure increases Tc up to 11.8 K at 0.4 GPa.

In-plane and hydrostatic pressures decrease Tc.

Superconductivity correlates with lattice c-axis shrinkage and anion height.

Abstract

We have investigated uniaxial and hydrostatic pressure effects on superconductivity in Fe1.07Te0.88S0.12 through magnetic-susceptibility measurements down to 1.8 K. The superconducting transition temperature Tc is enhanced by out-of-plane pressure (uniaxial pressure along the c-axis); the onset temperature of the superconductivity reaches 11.8 K at 0.4 GPa. In contrast, Tc is reduced by in-plane pressure (uniaxial pressure along the ab-plane) and hydrostatic pressure. Taking into account these results, it is inferred that the superconductivity of Fe1+yTe1-xSx is enhanced when the lattice constant c considerably shrinks. This implies that the relationship between Tc and the anion height for Fe1+yTe1-xSx is similar to that applicable to most iron-based superconductors. We consider the reduction of Tc by hydrostatic pressure due to suppression of spin fluctuations because the system moves away from antiferromagnetic ordering, and the enhancement of Tc by out-of-plane pressure due to the anion height effect on Tc.