Ion-selective scattering studied by the variable-energy electron irradiation of BaKFeAs superconductor
arXiv:2305.13217 · doi:10.3390/ma16134520
Abstract
Low-temperature variable-energy electron irradiation was used to induce non-magnetic disorder in a single crystal of hole-doped iron-based superconductor, BaKFeAs, 0.80. To avoid systematic errors, the beam energy was adjusted non-consequently for five values between 1.0 and 2.5 MeV, whence sample resistance was measured in-situ at 22 K. For all energies, the resistivity raises linearly with the irradiation fluence suggesting the creation of uncorrelated dilute point-like disorder (confirmed by simulations). The rate of the resistivity increase peaks at energies below 1.5 MeV. Comparison with calculated partial cross-sections points to the predominant creation of defects in the iron sublattice. Simultaneously, superconducting , measured separately between the irradiation runs, is monotonically suppressed as expected since it depends on the total scattering rate, hence total cross-section, which is a monotonically increasing function of energy. Our work confirms experimentally an often-made assumption of the dominant role of the iron sub-lattice in iron-based superconductors.
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