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Title: NMR study of nematic spin fluctuations in a detwinned single crystal of underdoped Ba ( Fe 1 x Co x ) 2 As 2

Abstract

We report the experimental details of how mechanical detwinning can be implemented in tandem with high sensitivity nuclear magnetic resonance measurements and use this setup to measure the inplane anisotropy of the spin-lattice relaxation rate in underdoped Ba(Fe1-xCox)2As2 with x = 0:048. The anisotropy reaches a maximum of 30% at TN, and the recovery data reveal that the glassy behavior of the spin fluctuations present in the twinned state persist in the fully detwinned crystal. A theoretical model is presented to describe the spin-lattice relaxation rate in terms of anisotropic nematic spin fluctuations.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [3];  [3];  [3];  [3];  [4];  [1]
  1. Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)
  2. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  3. Ames Lab. and Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
  4. Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1335028
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1328634; OSTI ID: 1357140
Report Number(s):
IS-J-9132; LA-UR-17-22942
Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950; PRBMDO
Grant/Contract Number:  
DMR-1506961; PHY-1066293; SC0012336; AC02-07CH11358; AC52-06NA25396
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review B
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 94; Journal Issue: 16; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; Material Science

Citation Formats

Kissikov, T., Dioguardi, A. P., Timmons, E. I., Tanatar, M. A., Prozorov, R., Bud'ko, S. L., Canfield, P. C., Fernandes, R. M., and Curro, N. J. NMR study of nematic spin fluctuations in a detwinned single crystal of underdoped Ba(Fe1₋xCox)2As2. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.94.165123.
Kissikov, T., Dioguardi, A. P., Timmons, E. I., Tanatar, M. A., Prozorov, R., Bud'ko, S. L., Canfield, P. C., Fernandes, R. M., & Curro, N. J. NMR study of nematic spin fluctuations in a detwinned single crystal of underdoped Ba(Fe1₋xCox)2As2. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.94.165123
Kissikov, T., Dioguardi, A. P., Timmons, E. I., Tanatar, M. A., Prozorov, R., Bud'ko, S. L., Canfield, P. C., Fernandes, R. M., and Curro, N. J. Tue . "NMR study of nematic spin fluctuations in a detwinned single crystal of underdoped Ba(Fe1₋xCox)2As2". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.94.165123. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1335028.
@article{osti_1335028,
title = {NMR study of nematic spin fluctuations in a detwinned single crystal of underdoped Ba(Fe1₋xCox)2As2},
author = {Kissikov, T. and Dioguardi, A. P. and Timmons, E. I. and Tanatar, M. A. and Prozorov, R. and Bud'ko, S. L. and Canfield, P. C. and Fernandes, R. M. and Curro, N. J.},
abstractNote = {We report the experimental details of how mechanical detwinning can be implemented in tandem with high sensitivity nuclear magnetic resonance measurements and use this setup to measure the inplane anisotropy of the spin-lattice relaxation rate in underdoped Ba(Fe1-xCox)2As2 with x = 0:048. The anisotropy reaches a maximum of 30% at TN, and the recovery data reveal that the glassy behavior of the spin fluctuations present in the twinned state persist in the fully detwinned crystal. A theoretical model is presented to describe the spin-lattice relaxation rate in terms of anisotropic nematic spin fluctuations.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.94.165123},
journal = {Physical Review B},
number = 16,
volume = 94,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Oct 11 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Tue Oct 11 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}

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