by Simonelli, L., Mizokawa, T., Sala, M. Moretti, Takeya, H. and Mizuguchi, Y., Takano, Y., Garbarino, G., Monaco, G. and Saini, N. L.
Abstract:
We have studied local magnetic moment and electronic phase separation in superconducting KxFe2-ySe2 by x-ray emission and absorption spectroscopy. Detailed temperature-dependent measurements at the Fe K-edge have revealed coexisting electronic phases and their correlation with the transport properties. By cooling down, the local magnetic moment of Fe shows a sharp drop across the superconducting transition temperature (T-c) and the coexisting phases exchange spectral weights with the low-spin state, gaining intensity at the expense of the higher-spin state. After annealing the sample across the iron-vacancy order temperature, the system does not recover the initial state and the spectral weight anomaly at T-c as well as superconductivity disappear. The results clearly underline that the coexistence of the low-spin and high-spin phases and the transitions between them provide unusual magnetic fluctuations and have a fundamental role in the superconducting mechanism of the electronically inhomogeneous KxFe2-ySe2 system.
Reference:
Temperature dependence of iron local magnetic moment in phase-separated superconducting chalcogenide (Simonelli, L., Mizokawa, T., Sala, M. Moretti, Takeya, H. and Mizuguchi, Y., Takano, Y., Garbarino, G., Monaco, G. and Saini, N. L.), In PHYSICAL REVIEW B, AMER PHYSICAL SOC, volume 90, 2014.
Bibtex Entry:
@article{ ISI:000346613500004, Author = {Simonelli, L. and Mizokawa, T. and Sala, M. Moretti and Takeya, H. and Mizuguchi, Y. and Takano, Y. and Garbarino, G. and Monaco, G. and Saini, N. L.}, Title = {{Temperature dependence of iron local magnetic moment in phase-separated superconducting chalcogenide}}, Journal = {{PHYSICAL REVIEW B}}, Year = {{2014}}, Volume = {{90}}, Number = {{21}}, Month = {{DEC 17}}, Abstract = {{We have studied local magnetic moment and electronic phase separation in superconducting KxFe2-ySe2 by x-ray emission and absorption spectroscopy. Detailed temperature-dependent measurements at the Fe K-edge have revealed coexisting electronic phases and their correlation with the transport properties. By cooling down, the local magnetic moment of Fe shows a sharp drop across the superconducting transition temperature (T-c) and the coexisting phases exchange spectral weights with the low-spin state, gaining intensity at the expense of the higher-spin state. After annealing the sample across the iron-vacancy order temperature, the system does not recover the initial state and the spectral weight anomaly at T-c as well as superconductivity disappear. The results clearly underline that the coexistence of the low-spin and high-spin phases and the transitions between them provide unusual magnetic fluctuations and have a fundamental role in the superconducting mechanism of the electronically inhomogeneous KxFe2-ySe2 system.}}, Publisher = {{AMER PHYSICAL SOC}}, Address = {{ONE PHYSICS ELLIPSE, COLLEGE PK, MD 20740-3844 USA}}, Type = {{Article}}, Language = {{English}}, Affiliation = {{Simonelli, L (Corresponding Author), European Synchrotron Radiat Facil, BP 220, F-38043 Grenoble, France. Simonelli, L.; Sala, M. Moretti; Garbarino, G.; Monaco, G., European Synchrotron Radiat Facil, F-38043 Grenoble, France. Simonelli, L., CELLS, ALBA Synchrotron Radiat Facil, Barcelona 08290, Spain. Mizokawa, T.; Mizuguchi, Y.; Saini, N. L., Univ Roma La Sapienza, Dipartimento Fis, I-00185 Rome, Italy. Mizokawa, T., Univ Tokyo, Dept Complex Sci & Engn, Kashiwa, Chiba 2778561, Japan. Mizokawa, T., Univ Tokyo, Dept Phys, Kashiwa, Chiba 2778561, Japan. Takeya, H.; Mizuguchi, Y.; Takano, Y., Natl Inst Mat Sci, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3050047, Japan. Mizuguchi, Y., Tokyo Metropolitan Univ, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, Hachioji, Tokyo 1920397, Japan. Monaco, G., Univ Trento, Dipartimento Fis, I-38123 Trento, Italy.}}, DOI = {{10.1103/PhysRevB.90.214516}}, Article-Number = {{214516}}, ISSN = {{2469-9950}}, EISSN = {{2469-9969}}, Keywords-Plus = {{SPECTROSCOPY}}, Research-Areas = {{Materials Science; Physics}}, Web-of-Science-Categories = {{Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Physics, Applied; Physics, Condensed Matter}}, ResearcherID-Numbers = {{Simonelli, Laura/I-1963-2015 Monaco, Giulio/AAW-4387-2020 Garbarino, Gaston L/D-1807-2013 Sala, Marco Moretti/H-1034-2014 Mizuguchi, Yoshikazu/Q-9979-2017 Moretti, Marco/AAF-9255-2019 Mizokawa, Takashi/E-3302-2015 Takano, Yoshihiko/H-2788-2011}}, ORCID-Numbers = {{Monaco, Giulio/0000-0003-2497-6422 Sala, Marco Moretti/0000-0002-9744-9976 Mizuguchi, Yoshikazu/0000-0002-4771-7805 Moretti, Marco/0000-0002-9744-9976 Mizokawa, Takashi/0000-0002-7682-2348 Takano, Yoshihiko/0000-0002-1541-6928}}, Funding-Acknowledgement = {{MIUR, ItalyMinistry of Education, Universities and Research (MIUR) {[}2012X3YFZ2]}}, Funding-Text = {{We thank A. Sulpice for the magnetic susceptibility measurements on the annealed sample at the end of the thermal cycles. One of us (T.M.) would like to acknowledge hospitality at the Sapienza University of Rome. This work is partially supported by PRIN2012 (Grant No. 2012X3YFZ2) of MIUR, Italy.}}, Number-of-Cited-References = {{38}}, Times-Cited = {{10}}, Usage-Count-Last-180-days = {{1}}, Usage-Count-Since-2013 = {{52}}, Journal-ISO = {{Phys. Rev. B}}, Doc-Delivery-Number = {{AW9ZL}}, Unique-ID = {{ISI:000346613500004}}, OA = {{Green Published}}, DA = {{2020-12-22}}, }
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