Y. Sekiba

Observation of Fermi-surface–dependent nodeless superconducting gaps in Ba0.6K0.4Fe2As2

We have performed a high-resolution angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy study on the newly discovered superconductor Ba0.6K0.4Fe2As2 (Tc=37 K). We have observed two superconducting gaps with different values: a large gap (Δ~12 meV) on the two small hole-like and electron-like Fermi surface (FS) sheets, and a small gap (~6 meV) on the large hole-like FS. Both gaps, closing simultaneously at the bulk transition temperature (Tc), are nodeless and nearly isotropic around their respective FS sheets. The isotropic pairing interactions are strongly orbital dependent, as the ratio 2Δ/kBTc switches from weak to strong coupling on different bands. The same and surprisingly large superconducting gap due to strong pairing on the two small FSs, which are connected by the (π, 0) spin-density-wave vector in the parent compound, strongly suggests that the pairing mechanism originates from the inter-band interactions between these two nested FS sheets.

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.

Superconducting gap symmetry of Ba0.6K0.4Fe2As2 studied by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy

We have performed high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy on the optimally-doped Ba

Band Structure and Fermi Surface of an Extremely Overdoped Iron-Based Superconductor KFe2As2

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

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

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Fermi surface dichotomy of the superconducting gap and pseudogap in underdoped pnictides

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Doping Dependence of Pseudogap in LaFeAsO1-xFx

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Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy of the Iron-Chalcogenide Superconductor Fe1.03Te0.7Se0.3: Strong Coupling Behavior and the Universality of Interband Scattering

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High-resolution ARPES study of electron-doped Fe-based superconductor BaFe1.85Co0.15As2

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