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Coexistence of Magnetic Fluctuations and Superconductivity in the Pnictide High Temperature Superconductor SmFeAsO1−xFx Measured by Muon Spin Rotation

A. J. Drew, F. L. Pratt, T. Lancaster, S. J. Blundell, P. J. Baker, R. H. Liu, G. Wu, X. H. Chen, I. Watanabe, V. K. Malik, A. Dubroka, K. W. Kim, M. Rössle, C. Bernhard

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.097010 · Physical Review Letters

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Abstract

Muon spin rotation experiments were performed on the pnictide high temperature superconductor SmFeAsO1−xFx with x=0.18 and 0.3. We observed an unusual enhancement of slow spin fluctuations in the vicinity of the superconducting transition which suggests that the spin fluctuations contribute to the formation of an unconventional superconducting state. An estimate of the in-plane penetration depth λab(0)=190(5) nm was obtained, which confirms that the pnictide superconductors obey an Uemura-style relationship between Tc and λab(0)−2.

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SmFeAsO1-xFx

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SmFeAsO1-xFx

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SmFeAsO1-xFx

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LaFeAsO1-xFx

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