Possible Evidence for Berezinskii–Kosterlitz–Thouless Transition in Ba(Fe_0.914Co_0.086)₂As₂ Crystals

Abstract

In this study, we measure the in-plane transport properties of high-quality Ba(Fe0.914Co0.086)2As2 single crystals. Signatures of vortex unbinding Berezinskii–Kosterlitz–Thouless (BKT) transition are shown from both the conventional approach and the Fisher–Fisher–Huse dynamic scaling analysis, in which a characteristic Nelson–Kosterlitz jump is demonstrated. We also observe a non-Hall transverse signal exactly at the superconducting transition, which is explained in terms of guided motion of unbound vortices.

Keywords

• Berezinskii–Kosterlitz–Thouless transition
• superconducting transition
• vortices