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Superconducting and normal-state properties of single-crystalline Tl0.47Rb0.34Fe1.63Se2 as seen via Se77 and Rb87 NMR

Long Ma, G. F. Ji, J. Zhang, J. B. He, D. M. Wang, G. F. Chen, Wei Bao, Weiqiang Yu

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.174510 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

We report both Se77 and Rb87 nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) studies on Tl0.47Rb0.34Fe1.63Se2 single-crystalline superconductors (Tc≈ 32 K). Singlet superconductivity is suggested by a sharp drop of the Knight shift K(T) below Tc, after subtracting the superconducting diamagnetic effect. However, the Hebel-Slichter coherence peak below Tc is not observed in the spin-lattice relaxation rate 1/T1, even with a low in-plane NMR field of 2.6 T. Just above Tc, no evidence of low-energy spin fluctuation is found in the spin-lattice relaxation rate on both the Se77 and the Rb87 sites. Upon warming, however, the Knight shifts and the spin-lattice relaxation rates of both nuclei increase substantially with temperature. In particular, the Knight shift is nearly isotropic and follow a function fit of K=a+bT2 from Tc up to 300 K. Our observations should put a strong constraint to the theory of magnetism and superconductivity in the recently discovered iron selenide superconductors.

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FormulaReported Tc (K)Pressure (GPa)Type
Tl0.47Rb0.34Fe1.63Se2

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32Pressure not reportedunknown
K0.8Fe2-xSe2

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