Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2009-04-28
PRB 79, 224518 (2009)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
Scientific paper
The temperature dependent electrical resistivity of single crystalline SrFe2As2 and BaFe2As2 has been measured in a liquid medium, modified Bridgman anvil cell for pressures in excess of 75 kbar. These data allow for the determination of the pressure dependence of the higher temperature, structural / antiferromagnetic phase transitions as well as the lower temperature superconducting phase transition. For both compounds the ambient pressure, higher temperature structural / antiferromagnetic phase transition can be fully suppressed with a dome-like region of zero resistivity found to be centered about its critical pressure. Indeed, qualitatively, the temperature dependence of the resistivity curves closest to the critical pressures are the closest to linear, consistent with possible quantum criticality. For pressures significantly higher than the critical pressure the zero resistivity state is suppressed and the low temperature resistivity curves asymptotically approach a universal, low temperature manifold. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that correlations / fluctuations associated with the ambient-pressure, high-temperature, tetragonal phase have to be brought to low enough temperature to allow superconductivity, but if too fully suppressed can lead to the loss of the superconducting state.
Bud'ko Sergey L.
Canfield Paul. C.
Colombier Estelle
Ni Nan
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