Pauli limited behaviour in an iron-based superconductor?

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We propose to use SANS to measure the magnetic flux line lattice in clean KFe2As2 crystals with the field-direction close to the basal plane. In this configuration, Bc2 in Tesla is more than double Tc in Kelvin, which is a simple version of the condition for Pauli-limiting of superconductivity. We may therefore expect unusual behaviour of the "field-contrast"; of the flux lines, a possible FFLO state or magnetic ordering, similar to that observed in CeCoIn5. However the pairing in KFe2As2 is probably s+-, rather than d-wave, giving a new perspective on the physics. We have observed well-formed flux line lattices in our crystals; previous measurements and detailed consideration of anisotropy effects indicate that the flux lattice structure should be observable for a field applied close to the basal plane.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5291/ILL-DATA.5-42-376
Metadata Access https://data.ill.fr/openaire/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=10.5291/ILL-DATA.5-42-376
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Creator Holmes, Alexander; Forgan, Edward; Blackburn, Elizabeth; Jellyman, Erik; K., Hazuki Furukawa; Lemberger, Louis; Takahashi, Misato; Eskildsen, Morten Ring; Riyat, Randeep; Cubitt, Robert; Kuhn, Stephen
Publisher Institut Laue-Langevin
Publication Year 2016
Rights OpenAccess; info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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Discipline Particles, Nuclei and Fields