Evidence for filamentary superconductivity nucleated at antiphase domain walls in antiferromagnetic CaFe${}_2$As${}_2$

Abstract

Resistivity, magnetization and microscopic ${}^{75}$As nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements in the antiferromagnetically ordered state of the iron-based superconductor parent material CaFe${}_2$As${}_2$ exhibit anomalous features that are consistent with the collective freezing of domain walls. Below $T^{\ast }\approx 10$ K, the resistivity exhibits a peak and downturn, the bulk magnetization exhibits a sharp increase, and ${}^{75}$As NMR measurements reveal the presence of slow fluctuations of the hyperfine field. These features in both the charge and spin response are strongly field dependent, are fully suppressed by $H^{\ast }\approx 15$ T, and suggest the presence of filamentary superconductivity nucleated at the antiphase domain walls in this material.

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