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Conventional superconductivity and charge-density-wave ordering in Ba1−xNaxTi2Sb2O

Fabian von Rohr, Andreas Schilling, Reinhard Nesper, Chris Baines, Markus Bendele

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.88.140501 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

We have investigated the low-temperature physical properties of BaTi2Sb2O and Ba1−xNaxTi2Sb2O (x=0.05, 0.1, 0.15, 0.2, 0.25, 0.3) by means of muon spin rotation (μSR) and SQUID magnetometry. Our measurements reveal the absence of magnetic ordering below TDW=58 K in the parent compound. Therefore the phase transition at this temperature observed by magnetometry is most likely due to the formation of a charge-denisty wave (CDW). Upon substitution of barium by sodium in Ba1−xNaxTi2Sb2O we find for x=0.25 superconductivity with a maximum Tc=5.1 K in the magnetization and a bulk Tc,bulk=4.5 K in the μSR measurements. The temperature dependency of the London penetration depth λ−2(T) of the optimally doped compound can be well explained within a conventional weak-coupling scenario in the clean limit.

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BaTi2Sb2O

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Ba1-xNaxTi2Sb2O

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Ba1-xNaxTi2Sb2O

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