Iron-based magnetic superconductorsAEuFe4As4(A=Rb, Cs): natural superconductor-ferromagnet hybrids.
J Phys Condens Matter
; 34(9)2021 Dec 15.
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Superconductivity (SC) and ferromagnetism (FM) are normally antagonistic, and their coexistence in a single crystalline material appears to be very rare. Over a decade ago, the iron-based pnictides of doped EuFe2As2were found to render such a coexistence, primarily because of the Fe-3dmulti-orbitals which simultaneously satisfy the superconducting pairing and the ferromagnetic exchange interaction among Eu local spins. In 2016, the discovery of the iron-based superconductorsAEuFe4As4(A= Rb, Cs) provided an additional and complementary material basis for the study of the coexistence and the interplay between SC and FM. The two sibling compounds, which can be viewed as an intergrowth or a hybrid betweenAFe2As2and EuFe2As2, show SC in the FeAs bilayers atTc= 35-37 K and magnetic ordering atTmâ¼ 15 K in the sandwiched Eu2+-ion sheets. BelowTm, the Eu2+spins align ferromagnetically within each Eu plane, making the system as a natural atomic-thick superconductor-ferromagnet superlattice. This paper reviews the main research progress in the emerging topic during the past five years. An outlook for the future research opportunities is also presented.
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