Substitution of Ni for Fe in superconducting Fe${}_{0.98}$Te${}_{0.5}$Se${}_{0.5}$ depresses the normal-state conductivity but not the magnetic spectral weight

Abstract

We have performed systematic resistivity and inelastic neutron scattering measurements on Fe${}_{0.98-z}$Ni${}_z$Te${}_{0.5}$Se${}_{0.5}$ samples to study the impact of Ni substitution on the transport properties and the low-energy ($\le$ 12 meV) magnetic excitations. It is found that, with increasing Ni doping, both the conductivity and superconductivity are gradually suppressed; in contrast, the low-energy magnetic spectral weight changes little. Comparing with the impact of Co and Cu substitution, we find that the effects on conductivity and superconductivity for the same degree of substitution grow systematically as the atomic number of the substituent deviates from that of Fe. The impact of the substituents as scattering centers appears to be greater than any contribution to carrier concentration. The fact that low-energy magnetic spectral weight is not reduced by increased electron scattering indicates that the existence of antiferromagnetic correlations does not depend on electronic states close to the Fermi energy.

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