TY - JOUR
T1 - Pressure-induced changes in the magnetic and valence state of EuFe 2As2
AU - Matsubayashi, K.
AU - Munakata, K.
AU - Isobe, M.
AU - Katayama, N.
AU - Ohgushi, K.
AU - Ueda, Y.
AU - Kawamura, N.
AU - Mizumaki, M.
AU - Ishimatsu, N.
AU - Hedo, M.
AU - Umehara, I.
AU - Uwatoko, Y.
PY - 2011/7/5
Y1 - 2011/7/5
N2 - We present the results of electrical resistivity, ac specific heat, magnetic susceptibility, x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), and x-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) of the ternary iron arsenide EuFe2As 2 single crystal under pressure. Applying pressure leads to a continuous suppression of the antiferromagnetism associated with Fe moments and the antiferromagnetic transition temperature becomes zero in the vicinity of a critical pressure Pc~2.5-2.7 GPa. Pressure-induced reentrant superconductivity, which is highly sensitive to the homogeneity of the pressure, only appears in the narrow pressure region in the vicinity of Pc due to the competition between superconductivity and the antiferromagnetic ordering of Eu2+ moments. The antiferromagnetic state of Eu2+ moments changes to the ferromagnetic state above 6 GPa. We also found that the ferromagnetic order is suppressed with further increasing pressure, which is connected with a valence change of Eu ions.
AB - We present the results of electrical resistivity, ac specific heat, magnetic susceptibility, x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), and x-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) of the ternary iron arsenide EuFe2As 2 single crystal under pressure. Applying pressure leads to a continuous suppression of the antiferromagnetism associated with Fe moments and the antiferromagnetic transition temperature becomes zero in the vicinity of a critical pressure Pc~2.5-2.7 GPa. Pressure-induced reentrant superconductivity, which is highly sensitive to the homogeneity of the pressure, only appears in the narrow pressure region in the vicinity of Pc due to the competition between superconductivity and the antiferromagnetic ordering of Eu2+ moments. The antiferromagnetic state of Eu2+ moments changes to the ferromagnetic state above 6 GPa. We also found that the ferromagnetic order is suppressed with further increasing pressure, which is connected with a valence change of Eu ions.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.024502
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.024502
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79961191514
SN - 1098-0121
VL - 84
JO - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
JF - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
IS - 2
M1 - 024502
ER -