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TT 52: Superconductivity: Fe-based Superconductors – FeSe and others
TT 52.11: Talk
Wednesday, March 18, 2015, 12:15–12:30, H 2053
Superconductivity in 112 type bismuthides and antimonides — Reiner Retzlaff, Alexander Buckow, Jose Kurian, •Soumya Ray, and Lambert Alff — Institute of Materials Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
We report the epitaxial growth of As free and phase pure thin films of the 112-pnictide compounds LaPdxPn2 (Pn = Sb, Bi) grown onto (100) MgO substrates by molecular beam epitaxy [1,2]. X-ray diffraction, reflection high-energy electron diffraction, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy confirm the HfCuSi2 structure of the material with a peculiar pnictogen square net layer. The superconducting transition temperature, Tc, varies little with Pd concentration. LaPdxSb2 has a higher Tc (3.2 K) by about 20% as compared to LaPdxBi2 (2.7 K). Fe substitution of Pd leads to a rapid decay of superconductivity. Our results suggest that these superconductors are conventional type II, and that superconductivity occurs in the metal-pnictogen layer as in all iron-pnictide superconductors rather than in the pnictogen square net layer.
[1] A. Buckow, K. Kupka, R. Retzlaff, J. Kurian, and L. Alff, Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 162602 (2012).
[2] A. Buckow, R. Retzlaff, J. Kurian, and L. Alff, Supercond. Sci. Technol. 26, 015014 (2013).