Anisotropic spin fluctuations and multiple superconducting gaps in hole-doped Ba0.72K0.28Fe2As2: NMR in a single crystal

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Published 18 August 2009 Europhysics Letters Association
, , Citation K. Matano et al 2009 EPL 87 27012 DOI 10.1209/0295-5075/87/27012

0295-5075/87/2/27012

Abstract

We report the 75As-NMR study on a single crystal of the hole-doped iron-pnictide superconductor Ba0.72K0.28Fe2As2 (Tc=31.5 K). We find that the Fe antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations are anisotropic and are weaker compared to underdoped copper-oxides or cobalt-oxide superconductors. The spin lattice relaxation rate 1/T1 decreases below Tc with no coherence peak and shows a stepwise variation at low temperatures, which is indicative of multiple superconducting gaps, as in the electron-doped Pr(La)FeAsO1- xFx. Furthermore, no evidence was obtained for a microscopic coexistence of a long-range magnetic order and superconductivity.

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10.1209/0295-5075/87/27012