Abstract:
EuCsFe4As4 pnictide (1144 family) single crystals with a critical temperature of Tc≈36.8 K and optimal superconducting properties in the stoichiometric composition are grown. Multiple-gap superconductivity determined by bulk order parameters ΔoutL, ΔinL, and ΔS with characteristic ratios 2ΔoutL(0)/kBTc≈5.3, 2ΔinL(0)/kBTc≈3.2, and 2ΔS(0)/kBTc≈1.3, respectively, is found for the first time below Tc using incoherent multiple Andreev reflection effect spectroscopy. It is shown that the gap structure of EuCsFe4As4 is similar to that of BaFe2−xNixAs2 superconducting pnictides of the sister 122 family.
Citation:
S. A. Kuzmichev, K. S. Pervakov, V. A. Vlasenko, A. Yu. Degtyarenko, S. Yu. Gavrilkin, T. E. Kuzmicheva, “Andreev spectroscopy of EuCsFe4As4 stoichiometric superconducting pnictide”, Pis'ma v Zh. Èksper. Teoret. Fiz., 116:10 (2022), 702–707; JETP Letters, 116:10 (2022), 723–728