Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2009-10-12
Phys. Rev. B 80, 174526 (2009)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
12 pages, 9 figures. Phys. Rev. B (submitted)
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.80.174526
We calculate the microwave conductivity of a two band superconductor with $s^\pm$ gap symmetry. Inelastic scattering is included approximately in a BCS model augmented by a temperature dependent quasiparticle scattering rate assumed, however, to be frequency independent. The possibility that the s-wave gap on one or the other of the electron or hole pockets is anisotropic is explored including cases with and without gap nodes on the Fermi surface. A comparison of our BCS results with those obtained in the Two Fluid Model (TFM) is provided as well as with the case of the cuprates where the gap has d-wave symmetry and with experimental results in Ba$_{1-x}$K$_x$Fe$_2$As$_2$. The presently available microwave conductivity data in this material provides strong evidence for large anisotropies in the electron pocket s-wave gap. While a best fit favors a gap with nodes on the Fermi surface this disagrees with some but not all penetration depth measurements which would favor a node-less gap as do also thermal conductivity and nuclear magnetic resonance data.
Carbotte Jules P.
Schachinger Ewald
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