AIP Advances (Nov 2016)

Determination of spin polarization using an unconventional iron superconductor

  • J. A. Gifford,
  • B. B. Chen,
  • J. Zhang,
  • G. J. Zhao,
  • D. R. Kim,
  • B. C. Li,
  • D. Wu,
  • T. Y. Chen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4968620
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 11
pp. 115023 – 115023-7

Abstract

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An unconventional iron superconductor, SmO0.7F0.3FeAs, has been utilized to determine the spin polarization and temperature dependence of a highly spin-polarized material, La0.67Sr0.33MnO3, with Andreev reflection spectroscopy. The polarization value obtained is the same as that determined using a conventional superconductor Pb but the temperature dependence of the spin polarization can be measured up to 52 K, a temperature range, which is several times wider than that using a typical conventional superconductor. The result excludes spin-parallel triplet pairing in the iron superconductor.