The role of different negatively charged layers in Ca10(Fe1-xPtxAs)10(Pt3+yAs8) and superconductivity at 30 K in electron-doped (Ca0.8La0.2)10(FeAs)10(Pt3As8)

The recently discovered compounds Ca10(Fe1-xPtxAs)10(Pt3+yAs8) exhibit superconductivity up to 38 K, and contain iron arsenide (FeAs) and platinum arsenide (Pt3+yAs8) layers separated by layers of Ca atoms. We show that high Tc's above 15 K only emerge if the iron-arsenide layers are at most free of platinum-substitution (x \rightarrow 0) in contrast to recent reports. In fact Pt-substitution is detrimental to higher Tc, which increases up to 38 K only by charge doping of pure FeAs layers. We point out, that two different negatively charged layers [(FeAs)10]n- and (Pt3+yAs8)m- compete for the electrons provided by the Ca2+ ions, which is unique in the field of iron-based superconductors. In the parent compound Ca10(FeAs)10(Pt3As8), no excess charge dopes the FeAs-layer, and superconductivity has to be induced by Pt-substitution, albeit below 15 K. In contrast, the additional Pt-atom in the Pt4As8layer shifts the charge balance between the layers equivalent to charge doping by 0.2 electrons per FeAs. Only in this case Tc raises to 38 K, but decreases again if additionally platinum is substituted for iron. This charge doping scenario is supported by our discovery of superconductivity at 30 K in the electron-doped La-1038 compound (Ca0.8La0.2)10(FeAs)10(Pt3As8) without significant Pt-substitution.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure

Hyperfine fields in the BaFe2As2 family and their relation to the magnetic moment

Hyperjemná pole Bhf a magnetické vlastnosti rodiny BaFe2As. Jako důležitý nález, ukazujeme, že není rozumné vztáhnout hyperjemná pole BHF ku průměrnému magnetickému momentu u sloučenin, jak to bylo provedeno v dřívější literatuře.The hyperfine field Bhf and the magnetic properties of the BaFe2 As2 family are studied using the fully relativistic Dirac formalism for different types of substitution. The study covers electron doped Ba(Fe1−x Cox )2 As2 and Ba(Fe1−x Nix )2 As2 , hole doped (Ba1−x Kx )Fe2As2, and also isovalently doped Ba(Fe1−x Rux )2 As2 and BaFe2 (As1−x Px )2 for a wide range of the concentration x. For the substituted compounds the hyperfine fields show a very strong dependence on the dopant type and its concentration x. Relativistic contributions were found to have a significantly stronger impact for the iron pnictides when compared to bulk Fe. As an important finding, we demonstrate that it is not sensible to relate the hyperfine field Bhf to the average magnetic moment μ of the compound, as it was done in earlier literature