Determination of the properties of a superconducting single crystal FeSe using an EPR spectroscopy

Abstract

Using an EPR spectrometer, the properties of single-crystal FeSe were studied in a magnetic field up to 6000 Oe at temperatures from 3.5 K to 8 K in the superconducting state and at temperatures above 8K and up to 25K in the normal state. It was shown that by measuring non-resonant spectrometer signals in zero and weak magnetic fields up to 30 Oe, it is possible to determine critical temperature Tc, the superconducting transition width, and the value of the first critical magnetic field Hc1 in FeSe single-crystal. Resonant EPR signals are observed in fields at 1400 Oe and 3400 Oe, which corresponds to the paramagnetism of doubly ionized iron atoms (Fe2+) in the FeSe crystal. Non-resonant EPR signals in a magnetic field up to 6000 Oe at temperatures from 3.5K to 8K are a nonlinear function of the field, and correspond to the superconducting mixed state of the FeSe, but at temperatures above 8K (up to 25K) they are field independent.