Upper critical field of the 122-type iron pnictide superconductors

TL;DR

This study measures the upper critical magnetic fields of specific iron pnictide superconductors, revealing large values with weak anisotropy and suggesting multi-band effects influence their behavior.

Contribution

It provides detailed measurements of $H_{c2}$ in 122-type iron pnictide superconductors and discusses the impact of doping and magnetic field orientation on these properties.

Findings

Large upper critical fields with weak anisotropy observed.

Curvature of $H_{c2}(T_c)$ depends on field orientation and composition.

Multi-band effects are likely responsible for observed differences.

Abstract

The upper critical fields ($H_{c2}$) of the single crystals $\rm(Sr,Na)Fe_2As_2$ and $\rm Ba_{0.55}K_{0.45}Fe_2As_2$ were determined by means of measuring the electrical resistivity, $ \rho_{xx}(\mu_0H)$, using the facilities of pulsed magnetic field at Los Alamos. In general, these compounds possess a very large upper critical field ($H_{c2}(0)$) with a weak anisotropic effect. The detailed curvature of $H_{c2}(T_c)$ may depend on the magnetic field orientation and the sample compositions. We argue that such a difference mainly results from the multi-band effect, which might be modified via doping.