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Title: Effect of heavy-ion irradiation on London penetration depth in overdoped Ba(Fe 1 - x Co x ) 2 As 2

Journal Article · · Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Irradiation with 1.4 GeV 208 Pb ions was used to induce artificial disorder in single crystals of iron-arsenide superconductor Ba(Fe 1 - x Co x ) 2 As 2 and to study its effects on the temperature-dependent London penetration depth and transport properties. A study was undertaken on overdoped single crystals with x = 0.108 and x = 0.127 characterized by notable modulation of the superconducting gap. Irradiation corresponding to the matching fields of B Φ = 6 T and 6.5 T with doses 2.22 × 10 11 d /cm 2 and 2.4 × 10 11 d /cm 2 , respectively, suppresses the superconducting T c by approximately 0.3 to 1 K. The variation of the low-temperature penetration depth in both pristine and irradiated samples is well described by the power law Δ λ ( T ) = A T n . Irradiation increases the magnitude of the prefactor A and decreases the exponent n , similar to the effect of irradiation in optimally-doped samples. This finding supports universal s ± pairing in Ba(Fe 1 - x Co x ) 2 As 2 compounds for the entire Co doping range.

Research Organization:
Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Emergent Superconductivity (CES)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-98CH10886
OSTI ID:
1385468
Journal Information:
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Vol. 88, Issue 5; Related Information: CES partners with Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL); Argonne National Laboratory; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Los Alamos National Laboratory; ISSN 1098-0121
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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