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Title: Short-range Incommensurate Magnetic Order Near the Superconducting Phase Boundary in Fe1+δTe1−xSex

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

We performed elastic neutron-scattering and magnetization measurements on Fe{sub 1.07}Te{sub 0.75}Se{sub 0.25} and FeTe{sub 0.7}Se{sub 0.3}. Short-range incommensurate magnetic order is observed in both samples. In the former sample with higher Fe content, a broad magnetic peak appears around (0.46,0,0.5) at low temperature, while in FeTe{sub 0.7}Se{sub 0.3}, the broad magnetic peak is found to be closer to the antiferromagnetic (AFM) wave vector (0.5,0,0.5). The incommensurate peaks are only observed on one side of the AFM wave vector for both samples, which can be modeled in terms of an imbalance of ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic correlations between nearest-neighbor spins. We also find that with higher Se (and lower Fe) concentration, the magnetic order becomes weaker while the superconducting temperature and volume increase.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE SC OFFICE OF SCIENCE (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC02-98CH10886
OSTI ID:
1040190
Report Number(s):
BNL-90561-2009-JA; R&D Project: PO-010; KC0202010; TRN: US1202344
Journal Information:
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Vol. 80, Issue 10; ISSN 1098-0121
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English