Superconductivity tuned by the iron vacancy order in KxFe2-ySe2

BAO Wei (鲍威)*, LI Guan-Nan (李冠男), HUANG Qing-Zhen (黄清镇), CHEN Gen-Fu (陈根富), HE Jun-Bao (何俊宝), WANG Du-Ming (王笃明), M. A. Green, QIU Yi-Ming (邱义铭), LUO Jian-Lin (雒建林), WU Mei-Mei (武梅梅)

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Abstract

Combining in-depth neutron diffraction and systematic bulk studies, we discover that the 5 × 5 Fe vacancy order, with its associated block antiferromagnetic order, is the ground state with varying occupancy ratios of the iron 16i and vacancy 4d sites across the phase-diagram of KxFe2-ySe2 . The orthorhombic order, with one of the four Fe sites vacant, appears only at intermediate temperatures as a competing phase. The material experiences an insulator to metal crossover when the  √5 × √5 order is highly developed. Superconductivity occurs in such a metallic phase.  

©2013 Chinese Physical Society and IOP Publishing Ltd
Original languageEnglish
Article number027402
JournalChinese Physics Letters
Volume30
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2013
Externally publishedYes

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