Local Magnetic States of the Weakly Ferromagnetic Iron-Based Superconductor Sr${}_2$VFeAsO${}_{3-\delta }$ Studied by X-ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism

Abstract

We have performed x-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) measurements on the iron-based superconductor Sr${}_2$VFeAsO${}_{3-\delta }$ to study the origin of weak ferromagnetism (WFM) reported for this compound. While Fe 3$d$ electrons show a magnetic response similar to the other iron pnictides, signals from V 3$d$ electrons remain finite at zero magnetic field and may be responsible for the WFM.