Pressure-induced volume-collapsed tetragonal phase of CaFe 2 As 2 as seen via neutron scattering

Published

November 24, 2008

Author(s)

A. Kreyssig, Mark Green, Y. Lee, G. D. Samolyuk, Pawel Zajdel, Jeffrey Lynn, S. L. Bud'ko, M. S. Torikachvili, N. Ni, S. Nandi, Juscelino Leao, Sarah Poulton, D. N. Argyriou, B. N. Harmon, R. J. McQueeny, P. C. Canfield, A. I. Goldman

Abstract

Recent investigations of the superconducting iron-arsenide families have highlighted the role of pressure, be it chemical or mechanical, in fostering superconductivity. Here we report that CaFe2As2 undergoes a pressure-induced transition to a nonmagnetic volume "collapsed" tetragonal phase, which becomes superconducting at lower temperature. Spin-polarized total-energy calculations on the collapsed structure reveal that the magnetic Fe moment itself collapses, consistent with the absence of magnetic order in neutron diffraction.

Citation

Physical Review B

Volume

78

Issue

18

Pub Type

Journals

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https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.78.184517

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Keywords

neutron diffraction, magnetic order, structural phase transition, pressure, iron-based superconductor

Citation

Kreyssig, A. , Green, M. , Lee, Y. , Samolyuk, G. , Zajdel, P. , Lynn, J. , Bud'Ko, S. , Torikachvili, M. , Ni, N. , Nandi, S. , Leao, J. , Poulton, S. , Argyriou, D. , Harmon, B. , McQueeny, R. , Canfield, P. and Goldman, A. (2008), Pressure-induced volume-collapsed tetragonal phase of CaFe 2 As 2 as seen via neutron scattering, Physical Review B, [online], https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.78.184517, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=610030 (Accessed September 14, 2024)