Impurity-induced quasiparticle interference in the parent compounds of iron-pnictide superconductors

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2011-09-27

arxiv.org/abs/1109.5928v1

Phy.Rev.B 84,134507 (2011)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

9 pages,12 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.84.134507

The impurity-induced quasiparticle interference(QPI) in the parent compounds of iron-pnictide superconductors is investigated based on a phenomenological two-orbital four-band model and T-matrix method. We find the QPI is sensitive to the value of the magnetic order which may vary from one compound to another. For small value of the magnetic order, the pattern of oscillation in the local density of states (LDOS) induced by the QPI exhibits two-dimensional characteristics, consistent with the standing wave state observed in the 1111 compound. For larger value of the magnetic order, the main feature of the spatial modulation of the LDOS is the existence of one-dimensional stripe structure which is in agreement with the nematic structure in the parent compound of the 122 system. In both cases the system shows $C_2$ symmetry and only in the larger magnetic order case, there exist in-gap bound states. The corresponding QPI in $q$-space is also presented. The patterns of modulation in the LDOS at nonzero energies are attributed to the interplay between the underlying band structure and Fermi surfaces.

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