Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2008-12-15
New J. Phys. 2009, 11, 025014.
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
20 pages, 12 figures
Scientific paper
10.1088/1367-2630/11/2/025014
Polycrystalline samples of underdoped (Ba1-xKx)Fe2As2 (x<=0.4) were synthesized and studied by x-ray powder diffraction, magnetic susceptibility, specific heat and 57Fe-Moessbauer-spectroscopy. The structural phase transition from tetragonal to orthorhombic lattice symmetry shifts towards lower temperatures, becomes less pronounced at x = 0.1-0.2 and is no longer present at x = 0.3. Bulk superconductivity is observed in all samples except (Ba0.9K0.1)Fe2As2 by resistivity and magnetic susceptibility measurements. Specific heat data show a broad SDW phase transition in (Ba0.9K0.1)Fe2As2, which is hardly discernible in (Ba0.8K0.2)Fe2As2. No SDW anomaly is found in the specific heat of optimally doped (Ba0.6K0.4)Fe2As2, where C changes by 0.1 J/K at Tc = 37.3 K. 57Fe-Moessbauer-spectra show full magnetic hyperfine field splitting, indicative of antiferromagnetic ordering at 4.2 K in samples with x = 0-0.2, but zero magnetic hyperfine field in samples with x = 0.3. The spectra of (Ba0.9K0.1)Fe2As2 and (Ba0.8K0.2)Fe2As2 in the phase transition regions are temperature-dependent superpositions of magnetic and non-magnetic components, caused by inhomogeneous potassium distribution. Our results suggest the co-existence of AF magnetic ordering and superconductivity without mesoscopic phase separation in the underdoped region and show unambiguously homogeneous superconducting phases close to optimal doping. This is in contrast to recently reported results about single crystal (Ba1-xKx)Fe2As2.
Deisenhofer Joachim
Guenther Axel
Johrendt Dirk
Loidl Alois
Poettgen Rainer
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