Observing the Suppression of Superconductivity in RbEuFe_{4}As_{4} by Correlated Magnetic Fluctuations

Phys Rev Lett. 2021 Apr 16;126(15):157001. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.157001.

Abstract

In this Letter, we describe quantitative magnetic imaging of superconducting vortices in RbEuFe_{4}As_{4} in order to investigate the unique interplay between the magnetic and superconducting sublattices. Our scanning Hall microscopy data reveal a pronounced suppression of the superfluid density near the magnetic ordering temperature in good qualitative agreement with a recently developed model describing the suppression of superconductivity by correlated magnetic fluctuations. These results indicate a pronounced exchange interaction between the superconducting and magnetic subsystems in RbEuFe_{4}As_{4}, with important implications for future investigations of physical phenomena arising from the interplay between them.