| Issue |
EPL
Volume 89, Number 6, March 2010
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| Article Number | 67007 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Condensed Matter: Electronic Structure, Electrical, Magnetic and Optical Properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/89/67007 | |
| Published online | 19 April 2010 | |
Superconductivity in SmFe1-xMxAsO (M = Co, Rh, Ir)
Key Laboratory of Applied Superconductivity, Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences P. O. Box 2703, Beijing 100190, China
Corresponding author: ywma@mail.iee.ac.cn
Received:
15
December
2009
Accepted:
16
March
2010
In this paper we report the comparative study of superconductivity by 3d (Co), 4d (Rh), 5d (Ir) element doping in SmFeAsO. X-ray diffraction patterns indicate that the material has formed the ZrCuSiAs-type structure with a space group P4/nmm. It is found that the antiferromagnetic spin-density-wave (SDW) order in the parent compounds is rapidly suppressed by Co, Rh, and Ir doping, and superconductivity emerges. The diamagnetism, consistent with the R-T data, conforms to the bulk superconductivity in our SmFe1-xMxAsO (M = Co, Rh, Ir) samples. Co, Rh and Ir locate in the same column in the periodic table of the elements but have different electronic band structure, so a comparative study would add more ingredients to the underlying physics of iron-based superconductors.
PACS: 74.10.+v – Occurrence, potential candidates / 74.70.-b – Superconducting materials other than cuprates
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