Sequence of superconducting states in field cooled FeCr2S4

Naoum Karchev

doi:10.1088/1361-648X/ac276a

Sequence of superconducting states in field cooled FeCr₂S₄

J Phys Condens Matter. 2021 Oct 4;33(49). doi: 10.1088/1361-648X/ac276a.

Author

Naoum Karchev¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Physics, University of Sofia, 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria.

PMID: 34668485
DOI: 10.1088/1361-648X/ac276a

Abstract

In the present article we discuss theoretically the emergence of superconductivity in field cooled FeCr₂S₄. The chromium electrons form a triplett_2gstates and due to antiferromagnetic exchange with the iron spins have Zeeman splitting. Applied, during preparation, magnetic field along the moment of iron ions, successively compensates the Zeeman splittings. The chromium electrons with zero Zeeman energy form Cooper pairs induced by iron magnons. In that way, we predict theoretically the existence of sequence of superconducting states in field cooled FeCr₂S₄. Actually there are three different superconductors prepared applying, during preparation, different magnetic fields. In these compounds superconductivity coexist with the saturated magnetism of iron ions.

Keywords: FeCr2S4; cooled; sequence; states; superconducting.