Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2012-02-20
Phys. Rev. B 85, 140514(R) (2012)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
5 page, 3 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.85.140514
We investigate the magnetic polarization of the Ir $5d$ dopant states in the pnictide superconductor Ba(Fe$_{1-x}$Ir$_x$)$_2$As$_2$ with $x=0.027(2)$ using Ir $L_3$ edge x-ray resonant magnetic scattering (XRMS). Despite the fact that doping partially suppresses the antiferromagnetic transition, we find that magnetic order survives around the Ir dopant sites. The Ir states are magnetically polarized with commensurate stripe-like antiferromagnetic order and long correlations lengths, $\xi_{\text{mag}}>$ 2800 and $>$850 \AA{}, in the $ab$-plane and along the c-axis, respectively, driven by their interaction with the Fe spins. This Ir magnetic order persists up to the N\'{e}el transition of the majority Fe spins at $T_N=74(2)$ K. At 5 K we find that magnetic order co-exists microscopically with superconductivity in Ba(Fe$_{1-x}$Ir$_x$)$_2$As$_2$. The energy dependence of the XRMS through the Ir $L_3$ edge shows a non-Lorentzian lineshape, which we explain in terms of interference between Ir resonant scattering and Fe non-resonant magnetic scattering.
Bud'ko Sergey L.
Canfield Paul. C.
Dean Mark P. M.
Goldman Alan I.
Hill John P.
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