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Sustained phase separation and spin glass in Co-doped K$_{x}$Fe$_{2-y}$Se$_{2}$ single crystals

Superconductivity 2016-04-13 v1 Materials Science Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We present Co substitution effects in Kx_{x}Fe2yz_{2-y-z}Coz_{z}Se2_{2} (0.06 \leq zz \leq 1.73) single crystal alloys. By 3.5\% of Co doping superconductivity is suppressed whereas phase separation of semiconducting K2_{2}Fe4_{4}Se5_{5} and superconducting/metallic Kx_{x}Fe2_{2}Se2_{2} is still present. We show that the arrangement and distribution of superconducting phase (stripe phase) is connected with the arrangement of K, Fe and Co atoms. Semiconducting spin glass is found in proximity to superconducting state, persisting for large Co concentrations. At high Co concentrations ferromagnetic metallic state emerges above the spin glass. This is coincident with changes of the unit cell, arrangement and connectivity of stripe conducting phase.

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@article{arxiv.1604.03545,
  title  = {Sustained phase separation and spin glass in Co-doped K$_{x}$Fe$_{2-y}$Se$_{2}$ single crystals},
  author = {Hyejin Ryu and Kefeng Wang and M. Opacic and N. Lazarevic and J. B. Warren and Z. V. Popovic and E. S. Bozin and C. Petrovic},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.03545},
  year   = {2016}
}

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7 pages, 6 figures