Phase diagram and transport properties of Sb-doped Ca_0.88La_0.12Fe₂As₂ single crystals

Abstract

The effects of isovalent Sb substitution on the superconducting properties of the Ca_0.88La_0.12Fe₂(As_1−ySb_y)₂ system have been studied through electrical resistivity measurements. It is seen that the antiferromagnetic or structural transition is suppressed with Sb content, and a high-T_c superconducting phase, accompanied by a low-T_c phase, emerges at 0.02≤y≤0.06. In this intermediate-doping regime, normal-state transport shows non-Fermi-liquid-like behaviors with nearly T-linear resistivity above the high-T_c phase. With further Sb doping, this high-T_c phase abruptly vanishes for y>0.06 and the conventional Fermi liquid is restored, while the low-T_c phase remains robust against Sb impurities. The coincidence of the high-T_c phase and non-Fermi liquid transport behaviors in the intermediate Sb-doping regime suggests that AFM fluctuations play an important role in the observed non-Fermi liquid behaviors, which may be intimately related to the unusual nonbulk high-T_c phase in this system.

Keywords

Sb doped Ca_0.88La_0.12Fe₂As₂ superconductors / electrical resistivity measurement / phase diagram

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