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High-Field Pauli-Limiting Behavior and Strongly Enhanced Upper Critical Magnetic Fields near the Transition Temperature of an Arsenic-Deficient LaO0.9F0.1FeAs1−δ Superconductor

G. Fuchs, S.-L. Drechsler, N. Kozlova, G. Behr, A. Köhler, J. Werner, K. Nenkov, R. Klingeler, J. Hamann-Borrero, C. Hess, A. Kondrat, M. Grobosch, A. Narduzzo, M. Knupfer, J. Freudenberger, B. Büchner, L. Schultz

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.237003 · Physical Review Letters

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Abstract

We report upper critical field Bc2(T) data for disordered (arsenic-deficient) LaO0.9F0.1FeAs1−δ in a wide temperature and magnetic field range up to 47 T. Because of the large linear slope of Bc2≈−5.4 to −6.6 T/K near Tc≈28.5 K, the T dependence of the in-plane Bc2(T) shows a flattening near 23 K above 30 T which points to Pauli-limited behavior with Bc2(0)≈63–68 T. Our results are discussed in terms of disorder effects within conventional and unconventional superconducting pairings.

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FormulaReported Tc (K)Pressure (GPa)Type
LaO0.9F0.1FeAs1-δ

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28.5Pressure not reportedonset
LaO0.9F0.1FeAs

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26.8Pressure not reportedunknown
LaO0.9F0.1FeAs

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26Pressure not reportedunknown

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