Coupling of structure to magnetic and superconducting orders in quasi-one-dimensional K2Cr3As3

Taddei, Keith M.; Zheng, Qiang; Sefat, Athena Safa; Dela Cruz, Clarina R.

doi:10.1103/physrevb.96.180506

Title: Coupling of structure to magnetic and superconducting orders in quasi-one-dimensional K₂Cr₃As₃

Journal Article · Mon Nov 20 00:00:00 EST 2017 · Physical Review B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.96.180506· OSTI ID:1784218

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Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Here, quasi-one-dimensional A₂Cr₃As₃ (with A = K, Cs, Rb) is an intriguing new family of superconductors which exhibit many similar features to the cuprate and iron-based unconventional superconductor families. Yet, in contrast to these systems, no charge or magnetic ordering has been observed which could provide the electronic correlations presumed necessary for an unconventional superconducting pairing mechanism—an absence which defies predictions of first-principles models. We report the results of neutron scattering experiments on polycrystalline K₂Cr₃As₃ (T_c ~ 7) which probed the low-temperature dynamics near T_c. Neutron diffraction data evidence a subtle response of the nuclear lattice to the onset of superconductivity while inelastic scattering reveals a highly dispersive column of intensity at the commensurate wave vector q = (001/2) which loses intensity beneath T_c-indicative of short-range magnetic fluctuations. Using linear spin-wave theory, we model the observed scattering and suggest a possible structure to the short-range magnetic order. These observations suggest that K₂Cr₃As₃ is in close proximity to a magnetic instability and that the incipient magnetic order both couples strongly to the lattice and competes with superconductivity, in direct analogy with the iron-based superconductors.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; USDOE

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OSTI ID:: 1784218

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Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Vol. 96, Issue 18; ISSN 2469-9950

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