(a) In plane resistivity versus temperature for the six samples of LiFeAs measured. An expanded view of the superconducting transitions is reported in the inset. Except for one sample, one can see a correlation between the values of and those of the residual resistivity. (b) Hall coefficient versus temperature for the three samples mounted in the van der Pauw configuration.
The transverse magnetoresistance measured in FP1 is plotted as a function of for in (a) and below 40 K in (b). At high , the MR is linear in whatever while it recovers this variation only above a given threshold field (indicated by arrows) for . In the inset of (a), the MR coefficient of Eq. (1) is plotted versus and for FP1 (empty red symbols) and FP2 (full blue symbols). The full lines of slope 1 indicate that Kohler’s rule is very well obeyed (see text). In the inset of (b) the resistivity measured in 14 T field down to 10 K is plotted versus for FP1, together with the extrapolated zero field data.
Superconducting fluctuation conductivity for samples FP1 (red diamonds) and FP2 (black squares) as a function of , where is taken at the midpoint of the transition. Estimates of the AL contribution in dimensions 2 and 3 are displayed as dashed lines for comparison.