Superconducting energy gap and c-axis plasma frequency of (Nd,Sm)O0.82F0.18FeAs superconductors from infrared ellipsometry

Details Superconducting energy gap and c-axis plasma frequency of (Nd,Sm)O0.82F0.18FeAs superconductors from infrared ellipsometry Superconducting energy gap and c-axis plasma frequency of (Nd,Sm)O0.82F0.18FeAs superconductors from infrared ellipsometry

2008-05-15

arxiv.org/abs/0805.2415v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 097011 (2008)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.097011

We present ellipsometric measurements of the far-infrared dielectric response of polycrystalline samples of the new pnictide superconductor RO0.82F0.18FeAs (R=Nd and Sm). We find evidence that the electronic properties are strongly anisotropic such that the optical spectra are dominated by the weakly conducting c-axis response similar as in the cuprate high-temperature superconductors (HTSC). Accordingly, we obtain an upper limit of the c-axis superconducting plasma frequency of $\omega_{{\rm pl},c}^{\rm SC}\leq 260\cm$ which corresponds to a lower limit of the c-axis magnetic penetration depth of $\lambda_c\geq6\mum$ and an anisotropy of $\lambda_c/\lambda_{ab}\geq 30$ as compared to $\lambda_{ab}=185$ nm from muon spin rotation [A. Drew {\it et al.}, arXiv:0805.1042]. Also in analogy to the cuprate HTSC, our spectra exhibit the signatures of a gap-like suppression of the conductivity in the superconducting state with a large gap magnitude of $2\Delta\approx300\cm$ (37 meV) and a ratio of $2\Delta/k_{\rm B}\tc\approx8$ that is suggestive of strong coupling.

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