2009/04/30 by T. J. Liu, X. Ke, B. Qian +10 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #cond-mat.supr-con
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevb.80.174509
published as Physical Review B 80, 174509 2009 · 15 pages, 6 figures accepted for publication in PRB
arxiv created 2009/10/20 · arxiv updated 2015/05/13
We have investigated the effect of Fe nonstoichiometry on properties of the Fe1+y(Te, Se) superconductor system by means of resistivity, Hall coefficient, magnetic susceptibility, and specific heat measurements. We find that the excess Fe at interstitial sites of the (Te, Se) layers not only suppresses superconductivity, but also results in a weakly localized electronic state. We argue that these effects originate from the magnetic coupling between the excess Fe and the adjacent Fe square planar sheets, which favors a short-range magnetic order.