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Title: Excess-iron driven spin glass phase in Fe1 + yTe1 – xSex

Abstract

The iron-chalcogenide superconductor FeTe1–xSex displays a variety of exotic features distinct from iron pnictides. Although much effort has been devoted to understanding the interplay between magnetism and superconductivity near x = 0.5, the existence of a spin glass phase with short-range magnetic order in the doping range (x ~ 0.1–0.3) has rarely been studied. Here, we use DC/AC magnetization and (quasi) elastic neutron scattering to confirm the spin-glass nature of the short-range magnetic order in a Fe1.07Te0.8Se0.2 sample. The AC-frequency dependent spin-freezing temperature Tf generates a frequency sensitivity ΔTf(ω)/[Tf(ω)Δlog10 ω] ≈ 0.028 and the description of the critical slowing down with τ = τ0(Tf/TSG – 1)-z v gives TSG ≈ 22 K and zv ≈ 10, comparable to that of a classical spin-glass system. We have also extended the frequency-dependent Tf to the smaller time scale using energy-resolution-dependent neutron diffraction measurements, in which the TN of the short-range magnetic order increases systematically with increasing energy resolution. We find that by removing the excess iron through annealing in oxygen, the spin-freezing behavior disappears, and bulk superconductivity is realized. Thus, the excess Fe is the driving force for the formation of the spin-glass phase detrimental to bulk superconductivity.

Authors:
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  1. Beijing Normal Univ. (China). Center for Advanced Quantum Studies
  2. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  3. Inst. Max von Laue-Paul Langevin, Grenoble (France)
  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China). Inst. of Physics. Beijing National Lab. for Condensed Matter Physics (BNLCP-CAS)
  5. Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
OSTI Identifier:
1817489
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725; 11734002; 11922402; SC0012311
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Chinese Physics B
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 30; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 1674-1056
Publisher:
IOP Publishing
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; iron chalcogenides; spin glass; neutron scattering

Citation Formats

Tian, Long, Liu, Panpan, Hong, Tao, Seydel, Tilo, Lu, Xingye, Luo, Huiqian, Li, Shiliang, and Dai, Pengcheng. Excess-iron driven spin glass phase in Fe1 + yTe1 – xSex. United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1088/1674-1056/ac0695.
Tian, Long, Liu, Panpan, Hong, Tao, Seydel, Tilo, Lu, Xingye, Luo, Huiqian, Li, Shiliang, & Dai, Pengcheng. Excess-iron driven spin glass phase in Fe1 + yTe1 – xSex. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-1056/ac0695
Tian, Long, Liu, Panpan, Hong, Tao, Seydel, Tilo, Lu, Xingye, Luo, Huiqian, Li, Shiliang, and Dai, Pengcheng. Fri . "Excess-iron driven spin glass phase in Fe1 + yTe1 – xSex". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-1056/ac0695. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1817489.
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title = {Excess-iron driven spin glass phase in Fe1 + yTe1 – xSex},
author = {Tian, Long and Liu, Panpan and Hong, Tao and Seydel, Tilo and Lu, Xingye and Luo, Huiqian and Li, Shiliang and Dai, Pengcheng},
abstractNote = {The iron-chalcogenide superconductor FeTe1–xSex displays a variety of exotic features distinct from iron pnictides. Although much effort has been devoted to understanding the interplay between magnetism and superconductivity near x = 0.5, the existence of a spin glass phase with short-range magnetic order in the doping range (x ~ 0.1–0.3) has rarely been studied. Here, we use DC/AC magnetization and (quasi) elastic neutron scattering to confirm the spin-glass nature of the short-range magnetic order in a Fe1.07Te0.8Se0.2 sample. The AC-frequency dependent spin-freezing temperature Tf generates a frequency sensitivity ΔTf(ω)/[Tf(ω)Δlog10 ω] ≈ 0.028 and the description of the critical slowing down with τ = τ0(Tf/TSG – 1)-z v gives TSG ≈ 22 K and zv ≈ 10, comparable to that of a classical spin-glass system. We have also extended the frequency-dependent Tf to the smaller time scale using energy-resolution-dependent neutron diffraction measurements, in which the TN of the short-range magnetic order increases systematically with increasing energy resolution. We find that by removing the excess iron through annealing in oxygen, the spin-freezing behavior disappears, and bulk superconductivity is realized. Thus, the excess Fe is the driving force for the formation of the spin-glass phase detrimental to bulk superconductivity.},
doi = {10.1088/1674-1056/ac0695},
journal = {Chinese Physics B},
number = 8,
volume = 30,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri May 07 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Fri May 07 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
}

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