Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2010-01-07
Phys. Rev. B 81, 174529 (2010)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
7 pages, 7 figures, PRB in press
Scientific paper
Resistivity, Hall effect, magnetoresistance and DC magnetization were measured in Mn and Zn doped Ba$_{0.5}$K$_{0.5}$Fe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ samples. It is found that the Mn-doping can depress the superconducting transition temperature drastically with a rate of $\Delta T_c$/Mn-1% = -4.2 K, while that by Zn-doping is negligible. Detailed analysis reveals that the Mn-doping enhances the residual resistivity ($\rho_0$) significantly, and induces strong local magnetic moments ($\sim$ 2.58 $\mu_B$) which play as pair breakers. While the impurity scattering measured by $\rho_0$ in the Zn-doped samples is much weaker, accompanied by a negligible pair breaking effect. A possible explanation is that the impurity scattering by the Zn impurities are mainly small angle scattering (or small momentum transfer), therefore it cannot break the pairing induced by the interpocket scattering and thus affect the superconducting transition temperature weakly.
Cheng Peng
Hu Jiangping
Shen Bing
Wen Hai-hu
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