To identify the key parameter for optimal superconductivity in iron pnictides, we measured the 31P-NMR relaxation rate on BaFe2(As1−xPx)2 (x=0.22 and 0.28) under pressure and compared the effects of chemical substitution and physical pressure. For x=0.22, structural and antiferromagnetic (AFM) transition temperatures both show minimal changes with pressure up to 2.4~GPa, whereas the superconducting transition temperature Tc increases to twice its former value. In contrast, for x=0.28 near the AFM quantum critical point (QCP), the structural phase transition is quickly suppressed by pressure and Tc reaches a maximum. The analysis of the temperature-dependent nuclear relaxation rate indicates that these contrasting behaviors can be quantitatively explained by a single curve of the Tc dome as a function of Weiss temperature θ, which measures the distance to the QCP. Moreover, the Tc-θ curve under pressure precisely coincides with that with chemical substitution, which is indicative of the existence of a universal relationship between low-energy AFM fluctuations and superconductivity on BaFe2(As1−xPx)2.
@article{arxiv.1908.06589,
title = {Universal relationship between low-energy antiferromagnetic fluctuations and superconductivity in BaFe$_{2}$(As$_{1-x}$P$_{x}$)$_{2}$},
author = {Shunsaku Kitagawa and Takeshi Kawamura and Kenji Ishida and Yuta Mizukami and Shigeru Kasahara and Takasada Shibauchi and Takahito Terashima and Yuji Matsuda},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.06589},
year = {2019}
}