Hydrostatic-pressure tuning of magnetic, nonmagnetic and superconducting states in annealed Ca(Fe${}_{1-x}$Co${}_x$)${}_2$As${}_2$

Abstract

We report on measurements of the magnetic susceptibility and electrical resistance under He-gas pressure on single crystals of Ca(Fe${}_{1-x}$Co${}_x$)${}_2$As${}_2$. We find that for properly heat-treated crystals with modest Co-concentration, $x$ = 0.028, the salient ground states associated with iron-arsenide superconductors, i.e., orthorhombic/antiferromagnetic (o/afm), superconducting, and nonmagnetic collapsed-tetragonal (cT) states can be accessed all in one sample with reasonably small and truly hydrostatic pressure. This is possible owing to the extreme sensitivity of the o/afm (for $T\le$ $T_{s,N}$) and superconducting ($T\le T_c$) states against variation of pressure, disclosing pressure coefficients of d$T_{s,N}$/d$P$ = -(1100 $\pm$ 50) K/GPa and d$T_c$/d$P$ = -(60 $\pm$ 3) K/GPa, respectively. Systematic investigations of the various phase transitions and ground states via pressure tuning revealed no coexistence of bulk superconductivity (sc) with the o/afm state which we link to the strongly first-order character of the corresponding structural/magnetic transition in this compound. Our results, together with literature results, indicate that preserving fluctuations associated with the o/afm transition to low enough temperatures is vital for sc to form.

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