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Angle-resolved photoemission studies of the superconducting gap symmetry in Fe-based superconductors
The superconducting gap is the fundamental parameter that characterizes the
superconducting state, and its symmetry is a direct consequence of the
mechanism responsible for Cooper pairing. Here we discuss about angle-resolved
photoemission spectroscopy measurements of the superconducting gap in the
Fe-based high-temperature superconductors. We show that the superconducting gap
is Fermi surface dependent and nodeless with small anisotropy, or more
precisely, a function of momentum. We show that while this observation is
inconsistent with weak coupling approaches for superconductivity in these
materials, it is well supported by strong coupling models and global
superconducting gaps. We also suggest that the strong anisotropies measured by
other probes sensitive to the residual density of states are not related to the
pairing interaction itself, but rather emerge naturally from the smaller
lifetime of the superconducting Cooper pairs that is a direct consequence of
the momentum dependent interband scattering inherent to these materials.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figure
Orbital Characters Determined from Fermi Surface Intensity Patterns using Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy
In order to determine the orbital characters on the various Fermi surface
pockets of the Fe-based superconductors BaKFeAs and
FeSeTe, we introduce a method to calculate photoemission
matrix elements. We compare our simulations to experimental data obtained with
various experimental configurations of beam orientation and light polarization.
We show that the photoemission intensity patterns revealed from angle-resolved
photoemission spectroscopy measurements of Fermi surface mappings and
energy-momentum plots along high-symmetry lines exhibit asymmetries carrying
precious information on the nature of the states probed, information that is
destroyed after the data symmetrization process often performed in the analysis
of angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy data. Our simulations are
consistent with Fermi surfaces originating mainly from the ,
and orbitals in these materials.Comment: 16 pages, 9 figures. Figures modified, typos corrected, appendix
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Effects of Ru Substitution on Dimensionality and Electron Correlations in Ba(Fe_{1-x}Ru_x)_2As_2
We report a systematic angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy study on
Ba(FeRu)As for a wide range of Ru concentrations (0.15
\emph{x} 0.74). We observed a crossover from two-dimension to
three-dimension for some of the hole-like Fermi surfaces with Ru substitution
and a large reduction in the mass renormalization close to optimal doping.
These results suggest that isovalent Ru substitution has remarkable effects on
the low-energy electron excitations, which are important for the evolution of
superconductivity and antiferromagnetism in this system.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Observation of strong-coupling pairing with weakened Fermi-surface nesting at optimal hole doping in CaNaFeAs
We report an angle-resolved photoemission investigation of optimally-doped
CaNaFeAs. The Fermi surface topology of this compound
is similar to that of the well-studied BaKFeAs
material, except for larger hole pockets resulting from a higher hole
concentration per Fe atoms. We find that the quasi-nesting conditions are
weakened in this compound as compared to BaKFeAs. As
with BaKFeAs though, we observe nearly isotropic
superconducting gaps with Fermi surface-dependent magnitudes. A small variation
in the gap size along the momentum direction perpendicular to the surface is
found for one of the Fermi surfaces. Our superconducting gap results on all
Fermi surface sheets fit simultaneously very well to a global gap function
derived from a strong coupling approach, which contains only 2 global
parameters.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
Manifestation of impurity induced s_{+-} -> s_{++} transition: multiband model for dynamical response functions
We investigate effects of disorder on the density of states, the single
particle response function and optical conductivity in multiband
superconductors with s_{+-} symmetry of the order parameter, where s_{+-} ->
s_{++} transition may take place. In the vicinity of the transition the
superconductive gapless regime is realized. It manifests itself in anomalies in
the above mentioned properties. As a result, intrinsically phase-insensitive
experimental methods like ARPES, tunneling and terahertz spectroscopy may be
used for revealing of information about the underlying order parameter
symmetry.Comment: 14 pages, 6 figure
Crystal structure, physical properties and superconductivity in FeSe single crystals
We studied the correlation among structure and transport properties and
superconductivity in the different FeSe single crystals ( = K,
Rb, and Cs). Two sets of (00) reflections are observed in the X-ray single
crystal diffraction patterns, and arise from the intrinsic inhomogeneous
distribution of the intercalated alkali atoms. The occurrence of
superconductivity is closely related to the {\sl c}-axis lattice constant, and
the content is crucial to superconductivity. The hump observed in
resistivity seems to be irrelevant to superconductivity. There exist many
deficiencies within the FeSe layers in FeSe, while their does not change so much. In this sense, superconductivity is robust to the
Fe and Se vacancies. Very high resistivity in the normal state should arise
from such defects in the conducting FeSe layers. FeSe ( = K,
Rb, and Cs) single crystals show the same susceptibility behavior in the normal
state, and no anomaly is observed in susceptibility at the hump temperature in
resistivity. The clear jump in specific heat for RbFeSe and
KFeSe single crystals shows the good bulk superconductivity in
these crystals.Comment: 7 pages, 8 figure
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