Anomalous compressibility effects and superconductivity of EuFe2As2 under high pressures
- University of Alabama, Birmingham
- ORNL
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
The crystal structure and electrical resistance of structurally layered EuFe{sub 2}As{sub 2} have been studied up to 70 GPa and down to a temperature of 10 K, using a synchrotron x-ray source and designer diamond anvils. The room temperature compression of the tetragonal phase of EuFe{sub 2}As{sub 2} (I4/mmm) results in an increase in the a-axis length and a rapid decrease in the c-axis length with increasing pressure. This anomalous compression reaches a maximum at 8 GPa and the tetragonal lattice behaves normally above 10 GPa, with a nearly constant c/a axial ratio. The rapid rise in the superconducting transition temperature (T{sub c}) to 41 K with increasing pressure is correlated with this anomalous compression, and a decrease in T{sub c} is observed above 10 GPa. We present P-V data or the equation of state for EuFe{sub 2}As{sub 2} both in the ambient tetragonal phase and in the high pressure collapsed tetragonal phase up to 70 GPa.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 988252
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Vol. 22, Issue 29; ISSN 0953-8984
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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