Observation of a Robust Zero-energy Bound State in Iron-based Superconductor Fe(Te,Se)

Abstract

A robust zero-energy bound state (ZBS) in a superconductor, such as a Majorana or Andreev bound state, is often a consequence of non-trivial topological or symmetry related properties, and can provide indispensable information about the superconducting state. Here we use scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy to demonstrate, on the atomic scale, that an isotropic ZBS emerges at the randomly distributed interstitial excess Fe sites in the superconducting Fe(Te,Se). This ZBS is localized with a short decay length of ~ 10 Å, and surprisingly robust against a magnetic field up to 8 Tesla, as well as perturbations by neighboring impurities. We find no natural explanation for the observation of such a robust zero-energy bound state, indicating a novel mechanism of impurities or an exotic pairing symmetry of the iron-based superconductivity.

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