Competition between stripe and checkerboard magnetic instabilities in Mn-doped BaFe 2As 2

G. S. Tucker, D. K. Pratt, M. G. Kim, S. Ran, A. Thaler, G. E. Granroth, K. Marty, W. Tian, J. L. Zarestky, M. D. Lumsden, S. L. Bud'Ko, P. C. Canfield, A. Kreyssig, A. I. Goldman, R. J. McQueeney

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Abstract

Inelastic neutron scattering measurements on Ba(Fe 0.925Mn 0.075)2As 2 manifest spin fluctuations at two different wave vectors, Q stripe=(12,12,1) and Q Néel=(1,0,1), corresponding to the expected stripe spin-density wave order and checkerboard antiferromagnetic order in the tetragonal I4/mmm cell, respectively. Below T N=80K, long-range stripe magnetic ordering occurs and sharp spin wave excitations appear at Q stripe while broad and diffusive spin fluctuations remain at Q Néel at all temperatures. Low concentrations of Mn dopants nucleate local moment spin fluctuations at Q Néel that compete with itinerant spin fluctuations at Q stripe and may disrupt the development of superconductivity.

Original languageEnglish
Article number020503
JournalPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume86
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 13 2012

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