Upper critical fields up to 60 T and the vortex matter phase diagram of arsenic-deficient LaO0.9F0.1FeAs1-delta

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Contributors

  • G. Fuchs - , TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • S-L Drechsler - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden, TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • N. Kozlova - , TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • V. Grinenko - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden, TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • J. Freudenberger - , TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • M. Bartkowiak - (Author)
  • G. Behr - , TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • C. Hess - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden, TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • R. Klingeler - , TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • A. Koehler - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden, TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • K. Nenkov - , TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • H-H Klauss - , Chair of Solid State Physics/Electronic Properties (Author)
  • B. Buechner - , TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • L. Schultz - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden, TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)

Abstract

We report resistivity, magnetization and upper critical field B-c2(T) data for arsenic dificient LaO0.9F0.1FeAs1-delta in a wide temperature and high field range up to 60 T. These disordered samples exhibit a slightly enhanced transition temperature of T-c = 29.0 K and a significanly enlarged slope dB(c2)/dT = -5.4 T/K near T-c. The high B-c2(T) data obtained from resistance measurements in pulsed magnetic fields follow up to about 30 T the WHH (Werthamer-Helfand-Hohenberg) curve for the orbital limited upper critical field, but show a clear flattening above 30 T. This flattening evidences Pauli limiting behaviour (PLB) with B-c2(0) approximate to 63 T. We compare our results with B-c2(T) data reported in the literature for clean and disordered samples. Whereas clean samples show no PLB for fields below 70 T as measured so far, the hitherto unexplained flattening of B-c2(T) for applied fields H parallel to ab observed for several disordered closely related systems is interpreted as a manifestation of PLB. The influence of the arsenic vacancies in LaO0.9F0.1FeAs1-delta on the vortex matter phase diagram is studied by magnetization measurements on bulk samples.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Physics Conference Series
Publication statusPublished - 2010
Peer-reviewedYes

Conference

Title9th European Conference on Applied Superconductivity (EUCAS)
Duration13 - 17 September 2009
CityDresden
CountryGermany

External IDs

Scopus 78650854366

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