Coexistence of superconductivity and short-range double-stripe spin correlations in Te-vapor annealed ( )
- National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States); Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States); Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Stony Brook Univ., Stony Brook, NY (United States)
- Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States); Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
In as-grown bulk crystals of Fe1+yTe1–xSex with x ≲ 0.3, excess Fe (y > 0) is inevitable and correlates with a suppression of superconductivity. At the same time, t here remains the question as to whether the character of the antiferromagnetic correlations associated wi th the enhanced anion height above the Fe planes in Te-rich samples is compatible with superconductivity. To t est this, we have annealed as-grown crystals with x = 0.1 and 0.2 in Te vapor, effectively reducing the excess Fe and in ducing bulk superconductivity. Inelastic neutron scattering measurements reveal low-energy magnet ic excitations consistent with short-range correlations of the double-stripe type; nevertheless, cooling int o the superconducting state results in a spin gap and a spin resonance, with the extra signal in the resonance being short-range with a mixed single-stripe/double-stripe character, which is different than other iron-based superconductors. In conclusion, the mixed magnetic character of these superconducting samples does not appear to be trivially explainable by inhomogeneity.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Scientific User Facilities Division
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231; AC05-00OR22725; SC0012704
- OSTI ID:
- 1440360
- Report Number(s):
- BNL--205734-2018-JAAM
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review B, Journal Name: Physical Review B Journal Issue: 21 Vol. 97; ISSN 2469-9950; ISSN PRBMDO
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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