Spin-Fluctuation-Induced Non-Fermi-Liquid Behavior with Suppressed Superconductivity in LiFe1−xCoxAs

Y. M. Dai; H. Miao; L. Y. Xing; X. C. Wang; P. S. Wang; H. Xiao; T. Qian; P. Richard; X. G. Qiu; W. Yu; C. Q. Jin; Z. Wang; P. D. Johnson; C. C. Homes; H. Ding

doi:10.1103/PhysRevX.5.031035

Spin-Fluctuation-Induced Non-Fermi-Liquid Behavior with Suppressed Superconductivity in LiFe1−xCoxAs

Y. M. Dai, H. Miao, L. Y. Xing, X. C. Wang, P. S. Wang, H. Xiao, T. Qian, P. Richard, X. G. Qiu, W. Yu, C. Q. Jin, Z. Wang, P. D. Johnson, C. C. Homes, H. Ding

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevX.5.031035 · Physical Review X

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Abstract

We study a series of LiFe1−xCoxAs compounds with different Co concentrations by transport, optical spectroscopy, angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, and nuclear magnetic resonance. We observe a Fermi-liquid to non-Fermi-liquid to Fermi-liquid (FL-NFL-FL) crossover alongside a monotonic suppression of the superconductivity with increasing Co content. In parallel to the FL-NFL-FL crossover, we find that both the low-energy spin fluctuations and Fermi surface nesting are enhanced and then diminished, strongly suggesting that the NFL behavior in LiFe1−xCoxAs is induced by low-energy spin fluctuations that are very likely tuned by Fermi surface nesting. Our study reveals a unique phase diagram of LiFe1−xCoxAs where the region of NFL is moved to the boundary of the superconducting phase, implying that they are probably governed by different mechanisms.

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Formula	Reported Tc (K)	Pressure (GPa)	Type
LiFeAs Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula.	18	Pressure not reported	unknown