Wednesday, April 25, 2012

1204.5457 (S. Ran et al.)

Control of magnetic, non-magnetic and superconducting states in annealed
Ca(Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_{x}$)$_{2}$As$_{2}$
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S. Ran, S. L. Bud'ko, W. E. Straszheim, J. Soh, M. G. Kim, A. Kreyssig, A. I. Goldman, P. C. Canfield
We have grown single crystal samples of Co substituted CaFe2As2 using an FeAs flux and systematically studied the effects of annealing/quenching temperature on the physical properties of these samples. Whereas the as-grown samples (quenched from 960C) all enter the collapsed tetragonal phase upon cooling, annealing/quenching temperatures between 350C and 800C can be used to tune the system to low temperature antiferromagnetic/orthorhomic or superconducting states as well. The progression of the transition temperature versus annealing/quenching temperature (T-T$_{anneal}$) phase diagrams with increasing Co concentration shows that, by substituting Co, the antiferromagnetic/orthorhombic and the collapsed tetragonal phase lines are separated and bulk superconductivity is revealed. We established a 3D phase diagram with Co concentration and annealing/quenching temperature as two independent control parameters. At ambient pressure, for modest x and T$_{anneal}$ values, the Ca(Fe1-xCox)2As2 system offers ready access to the salient low temperature states associated with Fe-based superconductors: antiferromagnetic/orthorhombic, superconducting, and non-magnetic/collapsed tetragonal.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1204.5457

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