The importance of electron-hole interband interactions is widely acknowledged for iron-pnictide superconductors with high transition temperatures (T c ). However, the absence of hole pockets near the Fermi level of the iron-selenide (FeSe) derived high-T c superconductors raises a fundamental question whether iron pnictides and chalcogenides have different pairing mechanisms. Here, we study the properties of electronic structure in the high-T c phase induced by pressure in bulk FeSe from magneto-transport measurements and first-principles calculations. With increasing pressure, the low-T c superconducting phase transforms into high-T c phase, where we find the normal-state Hall resistivity changes sign from negative to positive, demonstrating dominant hole carriers in contrast to other FeSe-derived high-T c systems. Moreover, the Hall coefficient is enlarged and the magnetoresistance exhibits anomalous scaling behaviors, evidencing strongly enhanced interband spin fluctuations in the high-T c phase. These results in FeSe highlight similarities with high-T c phases of iron pnictides, constituting a step toward a unified understanding of iron-based superconductivity.
2The Fermi surface (FS) topology and its interplay with magnetism have been considered key ingredients in understanding the mechanism of the iron-based superconductors.1, 2 For the FeAsbased superconductors, the FS typically consists of hole-and electron-like pockets near the Brillouin zone center (Γ point) and corners (M point), respectively. As such, an interband scattering between the hole and electron pockets has been proposed as an important mechanism for electron pairing in the iron-based superconductors, leading to an s± pairing state favored by the antiferromagnetic fluctuations. carriers, yet can still enhance T c of bulk FeSe up to ~40 K near 6 GPa. 16,17 More importantly, our recent high-pressure study has shown explicitly that the optimal T c is achieved when the longrange antiferromagnetic order just vanishes, 18 Fig. 1, reminiscent of the situations seen frequently in the FeAs-based superconductors. However, to make this connection, it is important to have information about the evolution of FS under high pressure -a regime in which ARPES experiments are impractical, and where quantum oscillation measurements are challenging.Here we report Hall resistivity ρ xy measurements under hydrostatic pressures up to 8.8 GPa in order to gain insights into the electronic structure evolution of FeSe at high pressure. Our results demonstrate that the electrical transport properties of FeSe at high pressures with T c max = 38.3 K are dominated by the hole carriers, Fig. 1, which is in contrast with the known FeSe-derived high-T c superconductors that are usually heavily electron doped. In addition, we observed an enhancement of Hall coefficient R H near the critical pressure where the optimal T c is realized with a simultaneous suppression of the long-range magnetic order. This implies a strong reconstruction of the Fermi surface due to antifer...