K. Terashima

Fermi surface nesting induced strong pairing in iron-based superconductors.

The discovery of high-temperature superconductivity in iron pnictides raised the possibility of an unconventional superconducting mechanism in multiband materials. The observation of Fermi-surface (FS)-dependent nodeless superconducting gaps suggested that inter-FS interactions may play a crucial role in superconducting pairing. In the optimally hole-doped Ba0.6K0.4Fe2As2, the pairing strength is enhanced simultaneously (2Δ/Tc≈7) on the nearly nested FS pockets, i.e., the inner hole-like (α) FS and the 2 hybridized electron-like FSs, whereas the pairing remains weak (2Δ/Tc≈3.6) in the poorly nested outer hole-like (β) FS. Here, we report that in the electron-doped BaFe1.85Co0.15As2, the FS nesting condition switches from the α to the β FS due to the opposite size changes for hole- and electron-like FSs upon electron doping. The strong pairing strength (2Δ/Tc≈6) is also found to switch to the nested β FS, indicating an intimate connection between FS nesting and superconducting pairing, and strongly supporting the inter-FS pairing mechanism in the iron-based superconductors.

Direct observation of a nonmonotonic dx2-y2-wave superconducting gap in the electron-doped high-Tc superconductor Pr0.89LaCe0.11CuO4

We performed high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy on electron-doped high-Tc superconductor Pr0.89LaCe0.11CuO4 to study the anisotropy of the superconducting gap. The observed momentum dependence is basically consistent with the dx2-y2- wave symmetry, but obviously deviates from the monotonic dx2-y2- gap function. The maximum gap is observed not at the zone boundary, but at the hot spot where the antiferromagnetic spin fluctuation strongly couples to the electrons on the Fermi surface. The present experimental results suggest the spin-mediated pairing mechanism in electron-doped high-Tc superconductors.

Electronic structure of heavily electron-doped BaFe1.7Co0.3As2 studied by angle-resolved photoemission

We have performed high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy on heavily electron-doped non-superconducting (SC) BaFe1.7Co0.3As2. We find that the two hole Fermi surface pockets at the Brillouin zone center observed in the hole-doped superconducting Ba0.6K0.4Fe2As2 are absent or very small in this compound, while the two electron pockets at the zone corner significantly expand due to electron doping by the Co substitution. Comparison of the Fermi surface between non-SC and SC samples indicates that the coexistence of hole and electron pockets connected via the antiferromagnetic wave vector is essential in realizing the mechanism of superconductivity in the iron-based superconductors.

Superconducting gap and pseudogap in iron-based layered superconductor La(O1-xFx)FeAs

We report high-resolution photoemission spectroscopy of newly-discovered iron-based layered superconductor La(O 0.93 F 0.07 )FeAs ( T c = 24 K). We found that the superconducting gap shows a marked deviation from the isotropic s -wave symmetry. The estimated gap size at 5 K is 3.6 meV in the s - or axial p -wave case, while it is 4.1 meV in the polar p - or d -wave case. We also found a pseudogap of 15–20 meV above T c , which is gradually filled-in with increasing temperature and closes at temperature far above T c similarly to copper-oxide high-temperature superconductors.

Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy of the antiferromagnetic superconductor Nd1.87Ce0.13CuO4: Anisotropic spin-correlation gap, pseudogap, and the induced quasiparticle mass enhancement

We performed high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy on Nd1.87Ce0.13CuO4, which is located at the boundary of the antiferromagnetic (AF) and the superconducting phase. We observed that the quasiparticle (QP) effective mass around (pi,0) is strongly enhanced due to the opening of the AF gap. The QP mass and the AF gap are found to be anisotropic, with the largest value near the intersecting point of the Fermi surface and the AF zone boundary. In addition, we observed that the QP peak disappears around the Néel temperature (TN) while the AF pseudogap is gradually filled up at much higher temperatures, possibly due to the short-range AF correlation.

Evolution of a pairing-induced pseudogap from the superconducting gap of (Bi,Pb)2Sr2CuO6

We have performed an ultrahigh-resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy study of slightly overdoped (Bi,Pb)2Sr2CuO6 to elucidate the origin of the pseudogap. By using a newly developed xenon-plasma light source, we determined the comprehensive momentum and temperature dependencies of the superconducting gap and the pseudogap. We found that the antinodal pseudogap persists far above the superconducting transition temperature and is smoothly connected to the nodal gap. The characteristic temperature of the pseudogap scales well with the superconducting gap size irrespective of the momentum location. The present experimental results point to the pairing origin of the pseudogap.

Nondispersive Fermi Arcs and the Absence of Charge Ordering in the Pseudogap Phase of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ

The autocorrelation of angle resolved photoemission data from the high temperature superconductor Bi(2)Sr(2)CaCu(2)O(8+delta) shows distinct peaks in momentum space which disperse with binding energy in the superconducting state, but not in the pseudogap phase. Although it is tempting to attribute a nondispersive behavior in momentum space to charge ordering, a deconstruction of the autocorrelation reveals that the nondispersive peaks arise from the tips of the Fermi arcs, which themselves do not change with binding energy.

Bulk and surface low-energy excitations in Y Ba2 Cu3 O7-δ studied by high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy

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Shadow bands in single-layered Bi2Sr2CuO6+delta studied by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy

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Probing Strongly Correlated 4f-Orbital Symmetry of the Ground State in Yb Compounds by Linear Dichroism in Core-Level Photoemission

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