Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2009-05-27
Nat. Commun. 2, 392 (2011)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
Main Manuscript: 19 pages, 3 figures; Supplementary Information: 10 pages, 7 figures
Scientific paper
10.1038/ncomms1394
High-temperature superconductivity in iron-arsenic materials (pnictides) near an antiferromagnetic phase raises the possibility of spin-fluctuation-mediated pairing. However, the interplay between antiferromagnetic fluctuations and superconductivity remains unclear in the underdoped regime, which is closer to the antiferromagnetic phase. Here we report that the superconducting gap of the underdoped pnictides scales linearly with the transition temperature, and that a distinct pseudogap coexisting with the SC gap develops on underdoping. This pseudogap occurs on Fermi surface sheets connected by the antiferromagnetic wavevector, where the superconducting pairing is stronger as well, suggesting that antiferromagnetic fluctuations drive both the pseudogap and superconductivity. Interestingly, we found that the pseudogap and the spectral lineshape vary with the Fermi surface quasi-nesting conditions in a fashion that shares similarities with the nodal-antinodal dichotomous behaviour observed in underdoped copper oxide superconductors.
Chen Guo-Feng
Dai Xian-Xin
Ding Haibing
Fang Zhong
Kawahara Takayuki
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