Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2010-03-02
Eur. Phys. J. B 77, 25 (2010)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
Published Version
Scientific paper
10.1140/epjb/e2010-00242-y
We measured the THz reflectance properties of a high quality epitaxial thin film of the Fe-based superconductor BaFe$_{1.84}$Co$_{0.16}$As$_2$ with T$_c$=22.5 K. The film was grown by pulsed laser deposition on a DyScO$_3$ substrate with an epitaxial SrTiO$_3$ intermediate layer. The measured $R_S/R_N$ spectrum, i.e. the reflectivity ratio between the superconducting and normal state reflectance, provides clear evidence of a superconducting gap $\Delta_A$ close to 15 cm$^{-1}$. A detailed data analysis shows that a two-band, two-gap model is absolutely necessary to obtain a good description of the measured $R_S/R_N$ spectrum. The low-energy $\Delta_A$ gap results to be well determined ($\Delta_A$=15.5$\pm$0.5 cm$^{-1}$), while the value of the high-energy gap $\Delta_B$ is more uncertain ($\Delta_B$=55$\pm$7 cm$^{-1}$). Our results provide evidence of a nodeless isotropic double-gap scenario, with the presence of two optical gaps corresponding to 2$\Delta/kT_c$ values close to 2 and 7.
Baldassarre Luca
Bark Chung Wung
Dore P.
Eom Chang-Beom
Hellstrom E. E.
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