Formation of As-As bond and its effect on absence of superconductivity in the collapsed tetragonal phase of Ca0.86Pr0.14Fe2As2: An optical spectroscopy study
Run Yang, Congcong Le, Lei Zhang, Bing Xu, Wei Zhang, Kashif Nadeem, Hong Xiao, Jiangping Hu, Xianggang Qiu
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.91.224507 · Physical Review B
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Abstract
The temperature dependence of in-plane optical conductivity has been investigated for Ca0.86Pr0.14Fe2As2, which shows a structural transition from tetragonal (T) to collapsed tetragonal (cT) phase at TcT∼73 K. Upon entering the cT phase, drastic change characterized by the formation of a midinfrared peak near 3200 cm−1 (0.4 eV) in the optical conductivity is observed. Analysis of the spectral weight reveals reduced electron correlation after the cT phase transition. Based on the calculated band structure and simulated optical conductivity, we attribute the new feature around 0.4 eV to the formation of an interlayer As-As bond. The As-As bond strongly affects the Fe-As hybridizations and, in turn, drastically changes the Ca0.86Pr0.14Fe2As2 into a nonmagnetic Fermi liquid system without bulk superconductivity in the cT phase.
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| Formula | Reported Tc (K) | Pressure (GPa) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ca0.86Pr0.14Fe2As2 Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula. | 21 | Pressure unresolved | zero_resistance |
| Ca0.86Pr0.14Fe2As2 Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula. | 46 | Pressure unresolved | onset |
| Ca0.86Pr0.14Fe2As2 Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula. | 21 | Pressure unresolved | unknown |
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