Coexistence of two order parameters and a pseudogaplike feature in the iron-based superconductor LaFeAsO_(1-x)F_x

Details Coexistence of two order parameters and a pseudogaplike feature in the iron-based superconductor LaFeAsO_(1-x)F_x Coexistence of two order parameters and a pseudogaplike feature in the iron-based superconductor LaFeAsO_(1-x)F_x

2008-07-20

arxiv.org/abs/0807.3149v2

Phys. Rev. B 79, 184526 (2009)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

19 pages, 12 figures - one figure and some insets added, minor changes to the text

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.79.184526

The nature and value of the order parameters (OPs) in the superconducting Fe-based oxypnictides REFeAsO_(1-x)F_x (RE = rare earth) are a matter of intense debate, also connected to the pairing mechanism which is probably unconventional. Point-contact Andreev-reflection experiments on LaFeAsO_(1-x)F_x gave us direct evidence of three energy scales in the superconducting state: a nodeless superconducting OP, Delta1 = 2.8-4.6 meV, which scales with the local Tc of the contact; a larger unconventional OP that gives conductance peaks at 9.8-12 meV, apparently closes below Tc and decreases on increasing the Tc of the contact; a pseudogaplike feature (i.e. a depression in the conductance around zero bias), that survives in the normal state up to T* ~ 140 K (close to the Neel temperature of the undoped compound), which we associate to antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations (AF SF) coexisting with superconductivity. These findings point toward a complex, unconventional nature of superconductivity in LaFeAsO_(1-x)F_x.

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