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A Sharp Peak of the Zero-Temperature Penetration Depth at Optimal Composition in BaFe2(As1-xPx)2

Superconductivity 2012-12-27 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

In a superconductor, the ratio of the carrier density, nn, to their effective mass, mm^*, is a fundamental property directly reflecting the length scale of the superfluid flow, the London penetration depth, λL\lambda_L. In two dimensional systems, this ratio n/mn/m^* (1/λL2\sim 1/\lambda_L^2) determines the effective Fermi temperature, TFT_F. We report a sharp peak in the xx-dependence of λL\lambda_L at zero temperature in clean samples of BaFe2_2(As1x_{1-x}Px_x)2_2 at the optimum composition x=0.30x = 0.30, where the superconducting transition temperature TcT_c reaches a maximum of 30\,K. This structure may arise from quantum fluctuations associated with a quantum critical point (QCP). The ratio of Tc/TFT_c/T_F at x=0.30x = 0.30 is enhanced, implying a possible crossover towards the Bose-Einstein condensate limit driven by quantum criticality.

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@article{arxiv.1212.5632,
  title  = {A Sharp Peak of the Zero-Temperature Penetration Depth at Optimal Composition in BaFe2(As1-xPx)2},
  author = {K. Hashimoto and K. Cho and T. Shibauchi and S. Kasahara and Y. Mizukami and R. Katsumata and Y. Tsuruhara and T. Terashima and H. Ikeda and M. A. Tanatar and H. Kitano and N. Salovich and R. W. Giannetta and P. Walmsley and A. Carrington and R. Prozorov and Y. Matsuda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.5632},
  year   = {2012}
}

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Main text (5 pages, 4 figures) + Supplementary Materials (5 pages, 5 figures). Published on June 22, 2012