$^{75}$As and $^{23}$Na NMR study in optimally Co doped NaFe$_{0.975}$Co$_{0.025}$As

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Abstract

The normal and superconducting state of NaFe$_{0.975}$Co$_{0.025}$As, single crystals with exceptionally narrow $^{75}$As and $^{23}$Na NMR spectra, were investigated in external magnetic fields from 6.4 T to 24 T. The Knight shift ($^{75}K$) shows an almost linear decrease in the normal state on cooling and a sharp transition to spin-singlet superconductivity below $T_c$. A temperature independent $^{75}K$ at low temperature, below 0.4 $T_c$, indicates that there are no gap nodes. The penetration depth, $\lambda_{ab}$, was found to be 456 $\pm$ 7 nm at zero temperature, after convoluting the normal state spectrum with the vortex field distribution expected from Ginzburg-Landau theory. The spin lattice relaxation rate, $1/T_1$, shows a T$^{3}$ behavior in the superconducting state at low field which becomes T$^{1.5}$ at higher fields. Additionally, the average of $1/T_1$ over the vortex unit cell at T = 4 K is linear in H$^2$.

*This work is supported by DOE Basic Energy Science Division of Materials Research and Engineering \textbf{DE-FG02-05ER46248}, \textbf{DE-FG02-05ER46202} and \textbf{the NHMFL by NSF and the State of Florida}

Authors

  • Sangwon Oh

    • Northwestern University
  • A.M. Mounce

    • Northwestern University
  • Jeongseop A. Lee

    • Northwestern University
  • W.P. Halperin

    • Northwestern University
  • C. L. Zhang

    • The University of Tennesee
  • Pengcheng Dai

    • The University of Tennesee
  • A.P. Reyes

    • National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
  • P.L. Kuhns

    • National High Magnetic Field Laboratory