Enhancement of low-frequency fluctuations and superconductivity breakdown in Mn-doped La1-yYyFeAsO0.89F0.11 superconductors.
2015
$^{19}\mathrm{F}$ NMR measurements in optimally electron-doped ${\mathrm{La}}_{1\text{\ensuremath{-}}y}{\mathrm{Y}}_{y}{\mathrm{Fe}}_{1\text{\ensuremath{-}}x}{\mathrm{Mn}}_{x}{\mathrm{AsO}}_{0.89}{\mathrm{F}}_{0.11}$ superconductors are presented. The effect of Mn doping on the superconducting phase is studied for two series of compounds $(y=0$ and $y=0.2)$ where the chemical pressure is varied by substituting La with Y. In the $y=0.2$ series superconductivity is suppressed for Mn contents an order of magnitude larger than for $y=0$. For both series a peak in the $^{19}\mathrm{F}$ NMR nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate $1/{T}_{1}$ emerges upon Mn doping and becomes significantly enhanced on approaching the quantum phase transition between the superconducting and magnetic phases. $^{19}\mathrm{F}$ NMR linewidth measurements show that for similar Mn contents magnetic correlations are more pronounced in the $y=0$ series, at variance with what one would expect for $\stackrel{P\vec}{Q}=(\ensuremath{\pi}/a,0)$ spin correlations. These observations suggest that Mn doping tends to reduce fluctuations at $\stackrel{P\vec}{Q}=(\ensuremath{\pi}/a,0)$ and to enhance other low-frequency modes. The effect of this transfer of spectral weight on the superconducting pairing is discussed along with the charge localization induced by Mn.
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