Quantum critical behavior in heavily doped LaFeAsO₁₋ₓHₓ pnictide superconductors analyzed using nuclear magnetic resonance

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We studied the quantum critical behavior of the second antiferromagnetic (AF) phase in the heavily electron-doped high-Tc pnictide, LaFeAsO₁₋ₓHₓ by using ⁷⁵As and ¹H nuclear-magnetic-resonance (NMR) technique. In the second AF phase, we observed a spatially modulated spin-density-wave-like state up to x=0.6 from the NMR spectral lineshape and detected a low-energy excitation gap from the nuclear relaxation time T₁ of ⁷⁵As. The excitation gap closes at the AF quantum critical point (QCP) at x ≈ 0.49. The superconducting (SC) phase in a lower-doping regime contacts the second AF phase only at the AF QCP, and both phases are segregated from each other. The absence of AF critical fluctuations and the enhancement of the in-plane electric anisotropy are key factors for the development of superconductivity.