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Title: Structural and magnetic phase transitions near optimal superconductivity in BaFe2(As1-xPx)2

Abstract

In this study, we use nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), high-resolution x-ray and neutron scattering to study structural and magnetic phase transitions in phosphorus-doped BaFe2(As1-xPx)2. Thus, previous transport, NMR, specific heat, and magnetic penetration depth measurements have provided compelling evidence for the presence of a quantum critical point (QCP) near optimal superconductivity at x = 0.3. However, we show that the tetragonal-to-orthorhombic structural (Ts) and paramagnetic to antiferromagnetic (AF, TN) transitions in BaFe2(As1-xPx)2 are always coupled and approach to TN ≈ Ts ≥ Tc (≈ 29 K) for x = 0.29 before vanishing abruptly for x ≥ 0.3. These results suggest that AF order in BaFe2(As1-xPx)2 disappears in a weakly first order fashion near optimal superconductivity, much like the electron-doped iron pnictides with an avoided QCP.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [1];  [1];  [3];  [4];  [4];  [4];  [4];  [5];  [6];  [6];  [7];  [8];  [9];  [9];  [10]
  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China)
  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China); Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing (China)
  3. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  4. Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States); Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
  5. Canadian Neutron Beam Centre, Chalk River, ON (Canada)
  6. Paul Scherrer Inst. (PSI), Villigen (Switzerland)
  7. Technische Univ. Munchen, Garching (Germany)
  8. Max-Planck-Institut fur Festkorperforschung, Stuttgart (Germany); Max Planck Society Outstation at the Forschungsneutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz, Garching (Germany)
  9. Renmin Univ. of China, Beijing (China)
  10. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China); Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1227296
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1180557
Report Number(s):
IS-J-8657
Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007; PRLTAO
Grant/Contract Number:  
2012CB821400; 2011CBA00110; 2015CB921302; 11374011; 91221303; 11222433; 11374364; SPRP-B: XDB07020300; DMR1362219; C-1839; AC02-06CH11357; AC02-07CH11358
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 114; Journal Issue: 15; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Hu, Ding, Lu, Xingye, Zhang, Wenliang, Luo, Huiqian, Li, Shiliang, Wang, Peipei, Chen, Genfu, Han, Fei, Banjara, Shree R., Sapkota, A., Kreyssig, A., Goldman, A. I., Yamani, Z., Niedermayer, Christof, Skoulatos, Markos, Georgii, Robert, Keller, T., Wang, Pengshuai, Yu, Weiqiang, and Dai, Pengcheng. Structural and magnetic phase transitions near optimal superconductivity in BaFe2(As1-xPx)2. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.157002.
Hu, Ding, Lu, Xingye, Zhang, Wenliang, Luo, Huiqian, Li, Shiliang, Wang, Peipei, Chen, Genfu, Han, Fei, Banjara, Shree R., Sapkota, A., Kreyssig, A., Goldman, A. I., Yamani, Z., Niedermayer, Christof, Skoulatos, Markos, Georgii, Robert, Keller, T., Wang, Pengshuai, Yu, Weiqiang, & Dai, Pengcheng. Structural and magnetic phase transitions near optimal superconductivity in BaFe2(As1-xPx)2. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.157002
Hu, Ding, Lu, Xingye, Zhang, Wenliang, Luo, Huiqian, Li, Shiliang, Wang, Peipei, Chen, Genfu, Han, Fei, Banjara, Shree R., Sapkota, A., Kreyssig, A., Goldman, A. I., Yamani, Z., Niedermayer, Christof, Skoulatos, Markos, Georgii, Robert, Keller, T., Wang, Pengshuai, Yu, Weiqiang, and Dai, Pengcheng. Fri . "Structural and magnetic phase transitions near optimal superconductivity in BaFe2(As1-xPx)2". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.157002. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1227296.
@article{osti_1227296,
title = {Structural and magnetic phase transitions near optimal superconductivity in BaFe2(As1-xPx)2},
author = {Hu, Ding and Lu, Xingye and Zhang, Wenliang and Luo, Huiqian and Li, Shiliang and Wang, Peipei and Chen, Genfu and Han, Fei and Banjara, Shree R. and Sapkota, A. and Kreyssig, A. and Goldman, A. I. and Yamani, Z. and Niedermayer, Christof and Skoulatos, Markos and Georgii, Robert and Keller, T. and Wang, Pengshuai and Yu, Weiqiang and Dai, Pengcheng},
abstractNote = {In this study, we use nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), high-resolution x-ray and neutron scattering to study structural and magnetic phase transitions in phosphorus-doped BaFe2(As1-xPx)2. Thus, previous transport, NMR, specific heat, and magnetic penetration depth measurements have provided compelling evidence for the presence of a quantum critical point (QCP) near optimal superconductivity at x = 0.3. However, we show that the tetragonal-to-orthorhombic structural (Ts) and paramagnetic to antiferromagnetic (AF, TN) transitions in BaFe2(As1-xPx)2 are always coupled and approach to TN ≈ Ts ≥ Tc (≈ 29 K) for x = 0.29 before vanishing abruptly for x ≥ 0.3. These results suggest that AF order in BaFe2(As1-xPx)2 disappears in a weakly first order fashion near optimal superconductivity, much like the electron-doped iron pnictides with an avoided QCP.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.157002},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 15,
volume = 114,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Apr 17 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Fri Apr 17 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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