Unconventional Superconductivity and Antiferromagnetic Quantum Critical Behavior in the Isovalent-Doped BaFe_{2}(As_{1-x}P_{x})_{2}

Abstract

Spin dynamics evolution of BaFe2(As1-xPx)2 was probed as a function of P concentration via 31P NMR. Our NMR study reveals that two-dimensional antiferromagnetic (AF) fluctuations are notably enhanced with little change in static susceptibility on approaching the AF phase from the superconducting dome. Moreover, the magnetically ordered temperature θ deduced from the relaxation rate vanishes at optimal doping. These results provide clear-cut evidence for a quantum-critical point, suggesting that the AF fluctuations associated with the quantum-critical point play a central role in the high-Tc superconductivity.