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Competing effects of Mn and Y doping on the low-energy excitations and phase diagram ofLa1−yYyFe1−xMnxAsO0.89F0.11iron-based superconductors

Authors :
R. De Renzi
Toni Shiroka
Sabine Wurmehl
M. Moroni
M. A. Afrassa
A. U. B. Wolter
G. Lamura
R. Kappenberger
Bernd Büchner
Samuele Sanna
Pietro Carretta
Source :
Physical Review B. 94
Publication Year :
2016
Publisher :
American Physical Society (APS), 2016.

Abstract

Muon spin rotation ($\ensuremath{\mu}\mathrm{SR}$) and $^{19}\mathrm{F}$ nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements were performed to investigate the effect of Mn for Fe substitutions in ${\mathrm{La}}_{1\ensuremath{-}y}{\mathrm{Y}}_{y}{\mathrm{Fe}}_{1\ensuremath{-}x}{\mathrm{Mn}}_{x}{\mathrm{AsO}}_{0.89}{\mathrm{F}}_{0.11}$ superconductors. While for $y=0$ a very low critical concentration of Mn ($x=0.2%$) is needed to quench superconductivity, as $y$ increases the negative chemical pressure introduced by Y for La substitution stabilizes superconductivity and for $y=20%$ it is suppressed at Mn contents an order of magnitude larger. A magnetic phase arises once superconductivity is suppressed both for $y=0$ and for $y=20%$. Low-energy spin fluctuations give rise to a peak in $^{19}\mathrm{F}$ NMR $1/{T}_{1}$ with an onset well above the superconducting transition temperature and whose magnitude increases with $x$. Also the static magnetic correlations probed by $^{19}\mathrm{F}$ NMR linewidth measurements show a marked increase with Mn content. The disruption of superconductivity and the onset of the magnetic ground state are discussed in the light of the proximity of ${\mathrm{LaFeAsO}}_{0.89}{\mathrm{F}}_{0.11}$ to a quantum critical point.

Details

ISSN :
24699969 and 24699950
Volume :
94
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Physical Review B
Accession number :
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