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arxiv: 2606.21507 · v1 · pith:T2PKRFJ4new · submitted 2026-06-19 · ❄️ cond-mat.supr-con · cond-mat.str-el

Nontrivial Boundary-Mediated Superconducting Transport in a TRSB Topological Iron-Based Superconductor

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keywords topological superconductivityiron-based superconductorstime-reversal symmetry breakingboundary statesconductance plateauFeTeSenonlocal transportexfoliated devices
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The pith

FeTe0.55Se0.45 devices exhibit a conductance plateau along sharp edges that tracks the TRSB temperature scale and appears only in topologically nontrivial compositions.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper presents transport measurements on exfoliated flakes of the iron-based superconductor Fe(Te,Se) that also hosts band topology and spontaneous time-reversal symmetry breaking below a temperature TKerr. In samples with continuous, crystallographically sharp edges contacted on the side surfaces, an anomalous conductance plateau develops that is missing in topologically trivial compositions measured under the same conditions. The plateau survives over micrometer distances far beyond the bulk coherence length, requires an uninterrupted edge path between contacts, shows weak thermal broadening, and vanishes near TKerr rather than the superconducting transition temperature Tc. These doping-selective, geometry-dependent, and TRSB-correlated features are presented as experimental signatures of boundary-mediated superconducting transport.

Core claim

Topological FeTe0.55Se0.45 exhibits boundary-mediated superconducting transport, shown by a conductance plateau that requires sharp continuous edges, persists over long distances, collapses when contacts move to the top surface, and follows the TRSB onset temperature TKerr instead of Tc, while the same plateau is absent in topologically trivial FeTe0.40Se0.60 and Fe1.02Te0.55Se0.45.

What carries the argument

The anomalous conductance plateau measured with side-surface-dominant contacts along uninterrupted crystallographically sharp edges.

If this is right

  • The plateau requires an uninterrupted sharp edge path between source and drain.
  • It survives over micrometer separations much larger than the bulk coherence length.
  • Its temperature dependence follows the TRSB scale TKerr rather than Tc.
  • It vanishes when the drain contact is moved from the side surface to the top surface.
  • The signatures are absent in topologically trivial compositions under comparable edge conditions.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Similar edge-selective transport measurements could be applied to other candidate topological superconductors to test for boundary states without requiring fabricated junctions.
  • The long-range nature of the plateau implies that any mediating states maintain coherence over distances where bulk quasiparticles would be gapped.
  • Phase-sensitive experiments that probe the symmetry of the boundary states would help distinguish between possible microscopic origins such as chiral Majorana modes or other TRSB-induced boundary modes.

Load-bearing premise

The plateau is produced by topological boundary states rather than conventional mechanisms such as Andreev reflection or disorder-induced states.

What would settle it

Observation of the same plateau in topologically trivial FeTe0.40Se0.60 devices that also have continuous sharp edges connecting source and drain contacts.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2606.21507 by Albert V. Davydov, Camron Farhang, Enrico Rossi, Ethan Arnault, Gabriel Natale, Genda Gu, Huairuo Zhang, James L. Hart, Jing Xia, Judy J. Cha, Kenji Watanabe, Kenneth S. Burch, Kin Chung Fong, Mason Gray, Michael Geiwitz, Qiong Ma, Qishuo Tan, Rui-Xing Zhang, Takashi Taniguchi, Vincent LambertiJazzmin Victorin, Vsevolod Belosevich, Wan Kyu Park, Wenyao Liu, Xi Ling, Xingyao Guo.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: FIG. 1. Edge-geometry-dependent conductance spectra [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p005_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: FIG. 3. Circuit-configuration-dependent transport measurement. (a) Optical image of FeTe [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: FIG. 4. Nonlocal transport response of edge-state conduc [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p009_4.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 5. Figure 5: FIG. 5. Temperature evolution of edge-related and surface differential conductance. (a) Temperature-dependent [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_5.png] view at source ↗
read the original abstract

The interplay of superconductivity, band topology, and spontaneous time-reversal-symmetry breaking (TRSB) is expected to enable topological superconducting boundary states. FeTe0.55Se0.45 provides a promising single-material platform because it combines superconductivity, nontrivial band topology, and spontaneous magnetization in the superconducting state. Here we report evidence for a boundary-mediated superconducting transport response in exfoliated Fe(Te,Se) devices. Polar Kerr measurements show that TRSB emerges below TKerr < Tc and coexists with superconductivity across multiple compositions, providing an independent symmetry-breaking scale for transport. Using crystallographically sharp, continuous edges and side-surface-dominant contacts, we find that topological FeTe0.55Se0.45 exhibits an anomalous conductance plateau absent in topologically trivial FeTe0.40Se0.60 and Fe1.02Te0.55Se0.45 under comparable measurements. This plateau requires uninterrupted sharp edges connecting source and drain, persists over micrometer-scale separations far exceeding the bulk coherence length, shows strongly suppressed thermal broadening, and collapses when the drain is moved to the top surface. Its temperature evolution follows the TRSB scale: the plateau remains weakly broadened below T*Kerr and disappears near TKerr rather than Tc. These doping-selective, edge-geometry-dependent, TRSB-correlated, and long-range nonlocal signatures establish experimental criteria for identifying boundary-mediated superconducting transport in FeTe0.55Se0.45 and motivate phase-sensitive and theoretical studies of its microscopic origin.

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Referee Report

1 major / 2 minor

Summary. The manuscript reports experimental evidence from polar Kerr and transport measurements on exfoliated Fe(Te,Se) devices, claiming that FeTe0.55Se0.45 exhibits a doping-selective, edge-geometry-dependent conductance plateau that is long-range (micrometer scale), shows suppressed thermal broadening, collapses when the drain contact is moved to the top surface, and tracks the TRSB temperature scale TKerr rather than Tc; this plateau is absent in topologically trivial compositions (FeTe0.40Se0.60 and Fe1.02Te0.55Se0.45), establishing criteria for boundary-mediated superconducting transport.

Significance. If the central interpretation holds, the work would supply concrete experimental signatures (doping selectivity, edge continuity requirement, TRSB correlation, and nonlocal character) for identifying boundary-mediated transport in a single-material platform that combines superconductivity, band topology, and spontaneous TRSB. The use of multiple orthogonal controls is a positive feature, though the absence of quantitative modeling or simulations weakens the ability to claim the signatures are unique to topological boundary states.

major comments (1)
  1. [Abstract and transport results] The central claim that the observed conductance plateau originates from topological boundary states (rather than conventional Andreev reflection or disorder-induced states) is load-bearing for the interpretation but rests on indirect controls; the manuscript contrasts compositions and edge geometries but does not provide a microscopic model or simulation demonstrating that expected conventional signals would be absent or qualitatively different under the reported contact positions, edge sharpness, and micrometer separations (see abstract description of plateau properties and the comparison to trivial compositions).
minor comments (2)
  1. [Transport measurements] The manuscript should include quantitative error bars, full raw datasets, and statistical measures of the plateau robustness to allow readers to assess the strength of the reported features.
  2. [Throughout] Notation for TKerr and T*Kerr should be clarified for consistency across the text and figures.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their careful reading and constructive comments on the manuscript. We address the single major comment below.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract and transport results] The central claim that the observed conductance plateau originates from topological boundary states (rather than conventional Andreev reflection or disorder-induced states) is load-bearing for the interpretation but rests on indirect controls; the manuscript contrasts compositions and edge geometries but does not provide a microscopic model or simulation demonstrating that expected conventional signals would be absent or qualitatively different under the reported contact positions, edge sharpness, and micrometer separations (see abstract description of plateau properties and the comparison to trivial compositions).

    Authors: The manuscript is an experimental study whose central claim rests on a combination of orthogonal controls rather than a single indirect indicator. The anomalous plateau is observed exclusively in the topologically nontrivial composition FeTe0.55Se0.45, is absent under identical measurement conditions in the two trivial compositions, requires uninterrupted crystallographically sharp edges between source and drain, persists over micrometer separations far beyond the bulk coherence length, collapses when the drain contact is relocated to the top surface, and tracks the independently measured TRSB scale TKerr (with suppressed thermal broadening) rather than Tc. Conventional Andreev processes or disorder-induced states are not expected to exhibit this specific combination of doping selectivity, geometric requirement, nonlocal character, and TRSB correlation. While a quantitative microscopic model or simulation would strengthen uniqueness arguments, the work is experimental in scope and explicitly motivates such theoretical studies in the abstract. We therefore maintain that the reported controls are sufficient to establish the stated experimental criteria without requiring additional modeling in the present manuscript. revision: no

Circularity Check

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No circularity: purely experimental report with no derivation chain

full rationale

The manuscript is an experimental study reporting measured conductance plateaus, Kerr rotation, and comparisons across doping levels and device geometries in Fe(Te,Se). No equations, fitted parameters, theoretical derivations, or self-citation chains are invoked to derive the central claims; the evidence consists of direct observations (doping selectivity, edge dependence, temperature evolution relative to TKerr) contrasted against control samples. The attribution to boundary-mediated transport relies on these empirical controls rather than any reduction to inputs by construction. This is the standard case of a self-contained experimental paper with no load-bearing circular steps.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 2 axioms · 0 invented entities

The central claim rests on standard condensed-matter assumptions about coherence length, contact transparency, and the meaning of Kerr rotation as TRSB; no free parameters are fitted to produce the plateau, and no new entities are postulated.

axioms (2)
  • standard math Standard assumptions of superconductivity (finite coherence length) and band topology in iron-based materials
    Invoked when stating that the plateau persists far beyond the bulk coherence length and when distinguishing topological vs trivial compositions.
  • domain assumption Polar Kerr rotation measures spontaneous time-reversal symmetry breaking
    Used to establish TKerr as an independent scale below Tc.

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