Spin fluctuations from Bogoliubov Fermi surfaces in the superconducting state of S-substituted FeSe

TL;DR

This paper reports the observation of spin fluctuations originating from Bogoliubov Fermi surfaces in the superconducting state of S-substituted FeSe, revealing novel low-energy spin dynamics linked to topologically protected nodal Fermi surfaces.

Contribution

It provides experimental evidence of spin fluctuations from BFSs in S-substituted FeSe using NMR, supporting theoretical predictions of BFS-related phenomena in superconductors.

Findings

Enhanced low-energy spin fluctuations deep in the SC state

Spin fluctuations linked to BFS nesting properties

Behavior cannot be explained by impurity effects

Abstract

The study of the iron-based superconductor, FeSe, has resulted in various topics, such as the interplay among superconductivity, nematicity, and magnetism, Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer Bose-Einstein-condensation (BCS-BEC) crossover, and Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) superconductivity. Recently, topologically protected nodal Fermi surfaces, referred to as Bogoliubov Fermi surfaces (BFSs), have garnered much attention. A theoretical model for the S-substituted FeSe system demonstrated that BFSs can manifest under the conditions of spin-orbit coupling, multi-band systems, and superconductivity with time-reversal symmetry breaking. Here we report the observation of spin fluctuations originating from BFSs in the superconducting (SC) state via $^{77}$Se-nuclear magnetic resonance measurements to 100 mK. In a heavily S-substituted FeSe, we found an anomalous enhancement of low-energy spin fluctuations deep in the SC state, which cannot be explained by an impurity effect. Such unusual behavior implies the presence of significant spin fluctuations of Bogoliubov quasiparticles, which are associated with possible nesting properties between BFSs.