Thermal expansion of LaFeAsO: Evidence for high-temperature fluctuations

Details Thermal expansion of LaFeAsO: Evidence for high-temperature fluctuations Thermal expansion of LaFeAsO: Evidence for high-temperature fluctuations

2009-03-06

arxiv.org/abs/0903.1235v2

Phys. Rev. B 80, 094512 (2009), with updated Fig. 5

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

6 pages, submitted to Phys. Rev. B

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We present measurements of the thermal expansion coefficient alpha of polycrystalline LaFeAsO1-xFx (x <= 0.1). The magnetic and structural transitions of the samples with x <= 0.04 give rise to large anomalies in alpha(T), while the onset of superconductivity in the crystals with x >= 0.05 is not resolved. Above the structural transition, the thermal expansion coefficient of LaFeAsO is significantly enhanced. This is attributed to fluctuations, which also affect the electrical transport properties of the compound. The complete absence of these fluctuations in the superconducting samples even for x = 0.05 is taken as evidence for an abrupt first-order type of suppression of the structural and magnetic transitions upon F doping.

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