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Electronic phase separation in the slightly underdoped iron pnictide superconductor Ba1-xKxFe₂As₂

  • Park, J. T. Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Stuttgart, Germany
  • Inosov, D. S. Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Stuttgart, Germany
  • Niedermayer, Ch. Laboratory for Neutron Scattering, ETHZ & PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
  • Sun, G. L. Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Stuttgart, Germany
  • Haug, D. Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Stuttgart, Germany
  • Christensen, N. B. Laboratory for Neutron Scattering, ETHZ & PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland - Materials Research Department, Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark, Roskilde, Denmark - Nano-Science Center, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Dinnebier, R. Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Stuttgart, Germany
  • Boris, A. V. Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Stuttgart, Germany
  • Drew, Alan J. Department of Physics and Fribourg Center for Nanomaterials, University of Fribourg, Switzerland - Physics Department, Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom
  • Schulz, Leander Department of Physics and Fribourg Center for Nanomaterials, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
  • Shapoval, T. IFW Dresden, Institute for Metallic Materials, Germany
  • Wolff, U. IFW Dresden, Institute for Metallic Materials, Germany
  • Neu, V. IFW Dresden, Institute for Metallic Materials, Germany
  • Yang, Xiaoping Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Stuttgart, Germany
  • Lin, C. T. Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Stuttgart, Germany
  • Keimer, B. Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Stuttgart, Germany
  • Hinkov, V. Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Stuttgart, Germany
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    20.04.2009
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  • Physical Review Letters. - 2009, vol. 102, no. 111, p. 117006
English Here we present a combined study of the slightly underdoped novel pnictide superconductor Ba1-xKxFe₂As₂ by means of x-ray powder diffraction, neutron scattering, muon-spin rotation (µSR), and magnetic force microscopy (MFM). Static antiferromagnetic order sets in below Tm≈70 K as inferred from the neutron scattering and zero-field-µSR data. Transverse-field µSR below Tc shows a coexistence of magnetically ordered and nonmagnetic states, which is also confirmed by MFM imaging. We explain such coexistence by electronic phase separation into antiferromagnetic and superconducting- or normal-state regions on a lateral scale of several tens of nanometers. Our findings indicate that such mesoscopic phase separation can be considered an intrinsic property of some iron pnictide superconductors.
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Faculté des sciences et de médecine
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Département de Physique
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