$c$-axis charge gap and its critical point in the heavily doped Ba(Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_x$)$_2$As$_2$

Details $c$-axis charge gap and its critical point in the heavily doped Ba(Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_x$)$_2$As$_2$ $c$-axis charge gap and its critical point in the heavily doped Ba(Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_x$)$_2$As$_2$

2010-06-10

arxiv.org/abs/1006.2087v1

Phys. Rev. B 82, 134528 (2010)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.physc.2011.06.002

Temperature-dependent inter-plane resistivity, $\rho _c(T)$, was used to characterise the normal state of the iron-arsenide superconductor Ba(Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_x$)$_2$As$_2$ over a broad doping range $0\leq x<0.50$. The data were compared with in-plane resistivity, $\rho _a(T)$, and magnetic susceptibility, $\chi (T)$, taken in $H \bot c$, as well as Co NMR Knight shift, $^{59}K$, and spin relaxation rate, $1/T_1T$. The inter-plane resistivity data show a clear correlation with the NMR Knight shift, assigned to the formation of the pseudo-gap. Evolution of $\rho _c(T)$ with doping reveals two characteristic energy scales. The temperature of the cross-over from non-metallic, increasing on cooling, behavior of $\rho _c(T)$ at high-temperatures to metallic behavior at low temperatures, $T^*$, correlates well with an anomaly in all three magnetic measurements. This characteristic temperature, equal to approximately 200~K in the parent compound, $x$=0, decreases with doping and vanishes near $x^* \approx$0.25. For doping levels $x \geq 0.166$, an additional feature appears above $T^*$, with metallic behavior of $\rho _c (T)$ found above the low-temperature resistivity increase. The characteristic temperature of this charge-gap formation, $T_{\rm CG}$, vanishes at $x_{\rm CG} \simeq$0.30, paving the way to metallic, $T$-linear, $\rho_c (T)$ close to $x_{\rm CG}$ and super-linear $T$-dependence for $x>x_{\rm CG}$. None of these features are evident in the in-plane resistivity $\rho_a(T)$. For doping levels $x x_{\rm CG}$.

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