Ultrafast pump-probe study of phase separation and competing orders in the underdoped (Ba,K)Fe2As2 superconductor

  • Elbert E.M. Chia
  • , D. Talbayev
  • , Jian Xin Zhu
  • , H. Q. Yuan
  • , T. Park
  • , J. D. Thompson
  • , C. Panagopoulos
  • , G. F. Chen
  • , J. L. Luo
  • , N. L. Wang
  • , A. J. Taylor

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Abstract

We report measurements of quasiparticle relaxation dynamics in the high-temperature superconductor (Ba,K)Fe2As2 in optimally doped, underdoped, and undoped regimes. In the underdoped sample, spin-density wave (SDW) order forms at ∼85K, followed by superconductivity at ∼28K. We find the emergence of a normal-state order that suppresses SDW at a temperature T*∼60K and argue that this normal-state order is a precursor to superconductivity.

Original languageEnglish
Article number027003
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume104
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 13 Jan 2010

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