Structural and antiferromagnetic properties of Ba(Fe$_{\mathrm{1-}}_{x}_{\mathrm{-}}_{y}$Co$_{x}$Rh$_{y})_{\mathrm{2}}$As$_{\mathrm{2}}$ compounds

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Abstract

We present a systematic investigation of the electrical, structural, and antiferromagnetic properties for the series of Ba(Fe$_{\mathrm{1-}}_{x}_{\mathrm{-}}_{y}$Co$_{x}$Rh$_{y})_{\mathrm{2}}$As$_{\mathrm{2}}$ compounds with fixed $x \quad =$ 0.027 and 0 \textless $y$ \textless 0.035. We compare our results for the Co-Rh doped Ba(Fe$_{\mathrm{1-}}_{x}_{\mathrm{-}}_{y}$Co$_{x}$Rh$_{y})_{\mathrm{2}}$As$_{\mathrm{2}}$ compounds with Ba(Fe$_{\mathrm{1-}}_{x}$Co$_{x})_{\mathrm{2}}$As$_{\mathrm{2}}$ compounds. We demonstrate that the electrical, structural, antiferromagnetic, and superconducting properties of the Co-Rh doped compounds are similar to the properties of the Co doped compounds. We find that the overall behaviors of Ba(Fe$_{\mathrm{1-}}_{x}_{\mathrm{-}}_{y}$Co$_{x}$Rh$_{y})_{\mathrm{2}}$As$_{\mathrm{2}}$ and Ba(Fe$_{\mathrm{1-}}_{x}$Co$_{x})_{\mathrm{2}}$As$_{\mathrm{2}}$ compounds are very similar when the total number of the extra electrons per Fe/\textit{TM} (\textit{TM} $=$ transition metal) site is considered, which is consistent with the rigid band model. Despite the similarity, we find that the details of the transitions are different in between Ba(Fe$_{\mathrm{1-}}_{x}_{\mathrm{-}}_{y}$Co$_{x}$Rh$_{y})_{\mathrm{2}}$As$_{\mathrm{2}}$ and Ba(Fe$_{\mathrm{1-}}_{x}$Co$_{x})_{\mathrm{2}}$As$_{\mathrm{2}}$ compounds.

*The work at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Materials Sciences and Engineering Division, under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231.

Authors

  • Min Gyu Kim

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • T. W. Heitmann

    • The Missouri Research Reactor
  • S. R. Mulcahy

    • University of California, Berkeley
  • E. D. Bourret-Courchesne

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • R. J. Birgeneau

    • University of California, Berkeley