Point-contact spectroscopy of the iron chalcogenide superconductors: interplay between multiband superconductivity and magnetism*

We report point-contact conductance measurements on the iron chalcogenide superconductors, Fe$_{1+y}$Te$_{1-x}$Se$_{x}$. The excess Fe atoms are known to occupy the interstitial sites in the Te-Se plane, affecting the superconductivity as well as the magnetism in this family. For a compound having nominal values of y=0 and x=0.45, a single superconducting transition is observed at 14.2 K. In the superconducting state, BTK-like double peak structures due to Andreev reflection are observed. However, the peak position of different point contacts falls to a wide voltage range, 1.5 -- 4 mV. Additional multiple humps are sometimes observed in a much higher bias voltage range, 8 -- 15 mV. Most strikingly, conductance enhancement persists well above T$_{c}$. We will present possible interpretations of these experimental observations in terms of multiband superconductivity and the interplay between superconductivity and magnetism.