Spin reorientation transition in Na-doped BaFe2As2 studied by single-crystal neutron diffraction

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Contributors

  • Florian Waßer - , University of Cologne (Author)
  • Sabine Wurmehl - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden, TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • Saicharan Aswartham - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • Yvan Sidis - , French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) (Author)
  • J. T. Park - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Astrid Schneidewind - , Jülich Research Centre (Author)
  • Bernd Büchner - , Chair of Experimental Solid State Physics, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • Markus Braden - , University of Cologne (Author)

Abstract

Several hole-doped BaFe2As2 compounds were recently shown to exhibit a second magnetic phase transition in the concentration range close to the full suppression of antiferromagnetic (AFM) order. At this additional transition ordered magnetic moments reorient from in-plane to out-of-plane alignment associated with a suppression of the orthorhombic distortion. We have studied the magnetic properties of such a representative hole-doped system, Ba1–xNaxFe2As2 with 0.25 ≤ x ≤ 0.40, by neutron diffraction on large single crystals. With increasing Na substitution (0.25 ≤ x ≤ 0.39) the AFM transition temperature sharply decreases, while the spin-reorientation transition temperature is rather constant, until both magnetic phases are completely suppressed at x = 0.40. For all studied Na concentrations the additional transition is related to the spin reorientation, which, however, is complete only in the middle of the concentration range of the out-of-plane phase. In the superconducting state, the intensities of magnetic Bragg reflections become heavily suppressed; this effect seems to increase for larger Tc and reaches ∼50% in Ba0.61Na0.39Fe2As2. In samples with coexisting in-plane and out-of-plane ordering, this superconductivity induced suppression of ordered moments is significantly stronger for the out-of-plane components indicating that this phase more strongly competes with superconductivity.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number1600181
JournalPhysica Status Solidi (B) Basic Research
Volume254
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2017
Peer-reviewedYes

Keywords

Keywords

  • iron-based superconductors, magnetism, Na-doped BaFeAs, neutron scattering