High-pressure single-crystal neutron scattering study of magnetic and fe vacancy orders in (Tl,Rb)₂Fe₄Se₅ superconductor

The magnetic and iron vacancy orders in superconducting (Tl,Rb)₂Fe₄Se₅ single-crystals are investigated by using a high-pressure neutron diffraction technique. Similar to the temperature effect, the block antiferromagnetic order gradually decreases upon increasing pressure while the Fe vacancy superstructural order remains intact before its precipitous disappearance at the critical pressure P_c = 8.3 GPa. Combined with previously determined P_c for superconductivity, our phase diagram under pressure reveals the concurrence of the block AFM order, the 5 × 5 iron vacancy order and superconductivity for the 245 superconductor. A synthesis of current experimental data in a coherent physical picture is attempted.