Spiral magnetic order and pressure-induced superconductivity in transition metal compounds

Wang, Yishu; Feng, Yejun; Cheng, J. -G.; Wu, W.; Luo, J. L.; Rosenbaum, T. F.

doi:10.1038/ncomms13037

Spiral magnetic order and pressure-induced superconductivity in transition metal compounds

Journal Article · Thu Oct 06 04:00:00 EDT 2016 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13037· OSTI ID:1390787

Wang, Yishu; ; Cheng, J. -G.; Wu, W.; Luo, J. L.; Rosenbaum, T. F.

Magnetic and superconducting ground states can compete, cooperate and coexist. MnP provides a compelling and potentially generalizable example of a material where superconductivity and magnetism may be intertwined. Using a synchrotron-based non-resonant X-ray magnetic diffraction technique, we reveal a spiral spin order in MnP and trace its pressure evolution towards superconducting order via measurements in a diamond anvil cell. Judging from the magnetostriction, ordered moments vanish at the quantum phase transition as pressure increases the electron kinetic energy. Spins remain local in the disordered phase, and the promotion of superconductivity is likely to emerge from an enhanced coupling to residual spiral spin fluctuations and their concomitant suppression of phonon-mediated superconductivity. As the pitch of the spiral order varies across the 3d transition metal compounds in the MnP family, the magnetic ground state switches between antiferromagnet and ferromagnet, providing an additional tuning parameter in probing spin-fluctuation-induced superconductivity.

Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); U.S. Department of Energy (Office not specified); National Science Foundation (NSF)

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1390787

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Vol. 7; ISSN 2041-1723

Publisher:: Nature Publishing Group

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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