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Slow magnetic fluctuations and superconductivity in fluorine-doped NdFeAsO

G. Lamura, T. Shiroka, P. Bonfà, S. Sanna, R. De Renzi, M. Putti, N. D. Zhigadlo, S. Katrych, R. Khasanov, J. Karpinski

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.91.024513 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

Among the widely studied superconducting iron-pnictide compounds belonging to the Ln1111 family (with Ln a lanthanide), a systematic investigation of the crossover region between the superconducting and the antiferromagnetic phase for the Ln = Nd case has been missing. We fill this gap by focusing on the intermediate doping regime of NdFeAsO1−xFx by means of dc-magnetometry and muon-spin spectroscopy (μSR) measurements. The long-range order we detect at low fluorine doping is replaced by short-range magnetic interactions at x=0.08, where also superconductivity appears. In this case, longitudinal-field μSR experiments show clear evidence of slow magnetic fluctuations that disappear at low temperatures. This fluctuating component is ascribed to the glassy-like character of the magnetically ordered phase of NdFeAsO at intermediate fluorine doping.

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FormulaReported Tc (K)Pressure (GPa)Type
NdFeAsO1-xFx

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NdFeAsO1-xFx

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