Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2008-05-19
Phys. Rev. B 77, 214515 (2008) (9 pages)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
22 pages, 13 figures. Physical Review B (accepted)
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.77.214515
Structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of undoped and aliovalent-ion (Ca, F)-doped LaOFeP, which undergo superconducting transitions at transition temperatures (Tc) 4-7 K [Kamihara et al, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 10012, (2006)], were investigated. Tc of the samples varied from 2.4 to 5.5 K in the undoped samples, and was increased up to ~7 K by Ca- and F-doping. The Tc increases are correlated with a decrease in the lattice volume. LaOFeP exhibits paramagnetism in the normal conducting state. Photoemission spectroscopy combined with first-principle band calculations clarified that Fe 3d (dz2 + (dxz, dyz)) orbitals hybridized with P 3p to form a Fermi surface. The band calculations also suggest that the 3d electron of the Fe in LaOFeP is basically in the low-spin configuration, and that the spin moment of LaOFeP is almost quenched, leading to the paramagnetism of the itinerant electrons.
Hirano Masahiro
Hosono Hideo
Ikenaga Eiji
Kamihara Yoichi
Kamiya Toshio
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