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Phys. Rev. B 81, 184513 (2010) [5 pages]

Stripes of increased diamagnetic susceptibility in underdoped superconducting Ba(Fe1−xCox)2As2 single crystals: Evidence for an enhanced superfluid density at twin boundaries

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B. Kalisky1,2,*,†, J. R. Kirtley1,2,3, J. G. Analytis1,2,4, Jiun-Haw Chu1,2,4, A. Vailionis1,4, I. R. Fisher1,2,4, and K. A. Moler1,2,4,5,*,‡
1Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4045, USA
2Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4045, USA
3IBM Watson Research Center, Route 134, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598, USA
4Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
5Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4045, USA

Received 11 August 2009; revised 29 March 2010; published 17 May 2010

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Superconducting quantum interference device microscopy shows stripes of increased diamagnetic susceptibility in the superconducting state of twinned, orthorhombic, underdoped crystals of Ba(Fe1−xCox)2As2, but not in tetragonal overdoped crystals. These stripes are consistent with enhanced superfluid density on twin boundaries.

© 2010 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.81.184513
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevB.81.184513
PACS:
74.70.Xa, 74.62.Dh, 74.25.Ha, 74.62.Bf

*Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.

beena@stanford.edu

kmoler@stanford.edu

See Also

See Also: John R. Kirtley, Beena Kalisky, Lan Luan, and Kathryn A. Moler, Meissner response of a bulk superconductor with an embedded sheet of reduced penetration depth, Phys. Rev. B 81, 184514 (2010).