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Antiferromagnetic Order and Superconductivity in Sr4(Mg0.5-xTi0.5+x)2O6Fe2As2 with Electron Doping: 75As-NMR Study

Superconductivity 2012-04-13 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We report an 75As-NMR study on iron (Fe)-based superconductors with thick perovskitetype blocking layers Sr4(Mg0.5-xTi0.5+x)2O6Fe2As2 with x=0 and 0.2. We have found that antiferromagnetic (AFM) order takes place when x=0, and superconductivity (SC) emerges below Tc=36 K when x=0.2. These results reveal that the Fe-pnictides with thick perovskitetype blocks also undergo an evolution from the AFM order to the SC by doping electron carriers into FeAs planes through the chemical substitution of Ti+4 ions for Mg+2 ions, analogous to the F-substitution in LaFeAsO compound. The reason why the Tc=36 K when x=0.2 being higher than the optimally electron-doped LaFeAsO with Tc=27 K relates to the fact that the local tetrahedron structure of FeAs4 is optimized for the onset of SC.

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@article{arxiv.1203.4190,
  title  = {Antiferromagnetic Order and Superconductivity in Sr4(Mg0.5-xTi0.5+x)2O6Fe2As2 with Electron Doping: 75As-NMR Study},
  author = {Keisuke Yamamoto and Hidekazu Mukuda and Hiroaki Kinouchi and Mitsuharu Yashima and Yoshio Kitaoka and Mamoru Yogi and Shinya Sato and Hiraku Ogino and Jun-ichi Shimoyama},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.4190},
  year   = {2012}
}

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4 pages, 3 figures, 1 table