Abstract
We have studied the magnetism in superconducting single crystals of EuFe2As1.4P0.6 by using the local probe techniques of zero-field muon spin rotation/relaxation and 151Eu/ 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy. All of these measurements reveal magnetic hyperfine fields below the magnetic ordering temperature TM=18K of the Eu2+ moments. The analysis of the data shows that there is a coexistence of antiferromagnetism, resulting from Eu 2+ moments ordered along the crystallographic c-axis, and superconductivity below TSC≈ 10 K. We find indications for a change in the dynamics of the small Fe magnetic moments (∼0.07 μB) at T*≲15K that may be triggering the onset of superconductivity: below T* the Fe magnetic moments seem to be "frozen" within the ab-plane.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 18-22 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Solid State Communications |
Volume | 187 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2014 |
Keywords
- A. Iron pnictides
- C. Mössbauer spectroscopy
- C. μSR
- D. Superconductivity