Evidence for two-gap nodeless superconductivity in SmFeAsO$_{0.8}$F$_{0.2}$ from point-contact Andreev-reflection spectroscopy

Details Evidence for two-gap nodeless superconductivity in SmFeAsO$_{0.8}$F$_{0.2}$ from point-contact Andreev-reflection spectroscopy Evidence for two-gap nodeless superconductivity in SmFeAsO$_{0.8}$F$_{0.2}$ from point-contact Andreev-reflection spectroscopy

2008-12-05

arxiv.org/abs/0812.1141v1

Physical Review B 80, 060502(R) (2009)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

4 pages, 4 eps color figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.80.060502

Point-contact Andreev-reflection measurements were performed in SmFeAsO_{0.8}F_{0.2} polycrystals with T_c \simeq 53 K. The experimental conductance curves reproducibly exhibit peaks around \pm 6 mV and shoulders at V \sim 16-20 mV, indicating the presence of two nodeless superconducting gaps. While the single-band Blonder-Tinkham-Klapwijk fit can only reproduce a small central portion of the conductance curve, the two-gap one accounts remarkably well for the shape of the whole experimental dI/dV. The fits of the normalized curves give Delta_1(0) = 6.15 \pm 0.45 meV and Delta_2(0) = 18 \pm 3 meV. Both gaps close at the same temperature and follow a BCS-like behavior.

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