TY - JOUR
T1 - Enhanced anisotropic spin fluctuations below tetragonal-to-orthorhombic transition in LaFeAs(O 1-xF x) probed by 75As and 139La NMR
AU - Nakai, Yusuke
AU - Kitagawa, Shunsaku
AU - Iye, Tetsuya
AU - Ishida, Kenji
AU - Kamihara, Yoichi
AU - Hirano, Masahiro
AU - Hosono, Hideo
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2012/4/4
Y1 - 2012/4/4
N2 - 75As and 139La NMR results for LaFeAs(O 1-xF x) (x=0, 0.025, and 0.04) are reported. Upon F doping, the tetragonal-to-orthorhombic structural phase transition temperature T S, antiferromagnetic transition temperature T N, and internal magnetic field μ 0H int are gradually reduced for x<0.04. However, at x=0.04, T N is abruptly suppressed to be 30 K along with a tiny μ 0H int, which is distinct from the continuous disappearance of the ordered phases in the Ba122 systems of Ba(Fe,Co) 2As 2 and BaFe 2(As,P) 2. The anisotropy of the spin-lattice relaxation rate T1-1, (T 1)H∥ab-1/ (T 1)H∥c-1, in the paramagnetic phase of x=0 and 0.025 is constant (∼1.5) but increases abruptly below T S due to the enhancement of (T 1)H∥ab-1 by the slowing-down of magnetic fluctuations. This indicates that the tetragonal-to-orthorhombic structural distortion enhances the anisotropy in the spin space via magnetoelastic coupling and/or spin-orbit interaction.
AB - 75As and 139La NMR results for LaFeAs(O 1-xF x) (x=0, 0.025, and 0.04) are reported. Upon F doping, the tetragonal-to-orthorhombic structural phase transition temperature T S, antiferromagnetic transition temperature T N, and internal magnetic field μ 0H int are gradually reduced for x<0.04. However, at x=0.04, T N is abruptly suppressed to be 30 K along with a tiny μ 0H int, which is distinct from the continuous disappearance of the ordered phases in the Ba122 systems of Ba(Fe,Co) 2As 2 and BaFe 2(As,P) 2. The anisotropy of the spin-lattice relaxation rate T1-1, (T 1)H∥ab-1/ (T 1)H∥c-1, in the paramagnetic phase of x=0 and 0.025 is constant (∼1.5) but increases abruptly below T S due to the enhancement of (T 1)H∥ab-1 by the slowing-down of magnetic fluctuations. This indicates that the tetragonal-to-orthorhombic structural distortion enhances the anisotropy in the spin space via magnetoelastic coupling and/or spin-orbit interaction.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.134408
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.134408
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84860153621
SN - 1098-0121
VL - 85
JO - Physical Review B-Condensed Matter
JF - Physical Review B-Condensed Matter
IS - 13
M1 - 134408
ER -