Substitution of Ni for Fe in superconducting Fe0.98Te0.5Se0.5 depresses the normal-state conductivity but not the magnetic spectral weight

Jinghui Wang; Ruidan Zhong; Shichao Li; Yuan Gan; Zhijun Xu; Cheng Zhang; T. Ozaki; M. Matsuda; Yang Zhao; Qiang Li; Guangyong Xu; Genda Gu; J. M. Tranquada; R. J. Birgeneau; Jinsheng Wen

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.91.014501

Substitution of Ni for Fe in superconducting Fe0.98Te0.5Se0.5 depresses the normal-state conductivity but not the magnetic spectral weight

Jinghui Wang, Ruidan Zhong, Shichao Li, Yuan Gan, Zhijun Xu, Cheng Zhang, T. Ozaki, M. Matsuda, Yang Zhao, Qiang Li, Guangyong Xu, Genda Gu, J. M. Tranquada, R. J. Birgeneau, Jinsheng Wen

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.91.014501 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

We have performed systematic resistivity and inelastic neutron scattering measurements on Fe0.98−zNizTe0.5Se0.5 samples to study the impact of Ni substitution on the transport properties and the low-energy (≤12meV) magnetic excitations. It is found that, with increasing Ni doping, both the conductivity and superconductivity are gradually suppressed; in contrast, the low-energy magnetic spectral weight changes little. Comparing with the impact of Co and Cu substitution, we find that the effects on conductivity and superconductivity for the same degree of substitution grow systematically as the atomic number of the substituent deviates from that of Fe. The impact of the substituents as scattering centers appears to be greater than any contribution to carrier concentration. The fact that low-energy magnetic spectral weight is not reduced by increased electron scattering indicates that the existence of antiferromagnetic correlations does not depend on electronic states close to the Fermi energy.

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Formula	Reported Tc (K)	Pressure (GPa)	Type
Fe0.96Ni0.02Te0.5Se0.5 Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula.	12	Pressure not reported	onset
Fe0.96Ni0.02Te0.5Se0.5 Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula.	9.8	Pressure not reported	zero_resistance
Fe0.94Ni0.04Te0.5Se0.5 Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula.	10.5	Pressure not reported	onset
Fe0.94Ni0.04Te0.5Se0.5 Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula.	8.5	Pressure not reported	zero_resistance
LaO1-xFxFeAs Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula.	26	Pressure not reported	unknown