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Title: Unified description of superconducting pairing symmetry in electron-doped Fe-based-122 compounds

Abstract

Here, the pairing symmetry is examined in highly electron-doped Ba (Fe1-x Cox As)2 and Ay Fe2 Se2 (with A = K, Cs) compounds, with similar crystallographic and electronic band structures. Starting from a phenomenological two-orbital model, we consider nearest-neighbor and next-nearest-neighbor intraorbital pairing interactions on the Fe square lattice. In this model, we find a unified description of the evolution from s±-wave pairing (2.0 < n ≲ 2.4) to d-wave pairing (2.4 ≲ n ≲ 2.5) as a function of electron filling. In the crossover region, a time-reversal symmetry breaking s± + id pairing state emerges. This minimal model offers an overall picture of the evolution of superconductivity with electron doping for both s±-wave and d-wave pairings, as long as the dopants only play the role of a charge reservoir. However, the situation is more complicated for Ba (Fe1-x Cox As)2. A real-space study further shows that when the impurity scattering effects of Co dopants are taken into account, the superconductivity is completely suppressed for n > 2.4. This preempts any observation of d-wave pairing in this compound, in contrast to Ay Fe2 Se2 with 0.8 < y < 1.0.

Authors:
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  1. Univ. of Houston, TX (United States). Dept. of Physics and Texas Center for Superconductivity
  2. Univ. of Houston, TX (United States). Dept. of Physics and Texas Center for Superconductivity; Yangzhou Univ. (China). School of Physics Science and Technology
  3. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
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Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; National Science Foundation (NSF); Robert A. Welch Foundation
OSTI Identifier:
1457233
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1198527
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-15-22100
Journal ID: ISSN 1098-0121; PRBMDO; TRN: US1901318
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-06NA25396; DMR-1206839; E-1146
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 91; Journal Issue: 22; Journal ID: ISSN 1098-0121
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY

Citation Formats

Li, Bo, Pan, Lihua, Tai, Yuan-Yen, Graf, Matthias J., Zhu, Jian-Xin, Bassler, Kevin E., and Ting, C. S. Unified description of superconducting pairing symmetry in electron-doped Fe-based-122 compounds. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.91.220509.
Li, Bo, Pan, Lihua, Tai, Yuan-Yen, Graf, Matthias J., Zhu, Jian-Xin, Bassler, Kevin E., & Ting, C. S. Unified description of superconducting pairing symmetry in electron-doped Fe-based-122 compounds. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.91.220509
Li, Bo, Pan, Lihua, Tai, Yuan-Yen, Graf, Matthias J., Zhu, Jian-Xin, Bassler, Kevin E., and Ting, C. S. Fri . "Unified description of superconducting pairing symmetry in electron-doped Fe-based-122 compounds". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.91.220509. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1457233.
@article{osti_1457233,
title = {Unified description of superconducting pairing symmetry in electron-doped Fe-based-122 compounds},
author = {Li, Bo and Pan, Lihua and Tai, Yuan-Yen and Graf, Matthias J. and Zhu, Jian-Xin and Bassler, Kevin E. and Ting, C. S.},
abstractNote = {Here, the pairing symmetry is examined in highly electron-doped Ba (Fe1-x Cox As)2 and Ay Fe2 Se2 (with A = K, Cs) compounds, with similar crystallographic and electronic band structures. Starting from a phenomenological two-orbital model, we consider nearest-neighbor and next-nearest-neighbor intraorbital pairing interactions on the Fe square lattice. In this model, we find a unified description of the evolution from s±-wave pairing (2.0 < n ≲ 2.4) to d-wave pairing (2.4 ≲ n ≲ 2.5) as a function of electron filling. In the crossover region, a time-reversal symmetry breaking s± + id pairing state emerges. This minimal model offers an overall picture of the evolution of superconductivity with electron doping for both s±-wave and d-wave pairings, as long as the dopants only play the role of a charge reservoir. However, the situation is more complicated for Ba (Fe1-x Cox As)2. A real-space study further shows that when the impurity scattering effects of Co dopants are taken into account, the superconductivity is completely suppressed for n > 2.4. This preempts any observation of d-wave pairing in this compound, in contrast to Ay Fe2 Se2 with 0.8 < y < 1.0.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.91.220509},
journal = {Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics},
number = 22,
volume = 91,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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FIG. 1 FIG. 1: (Color online) SC and AFM phase diagram at T = 0K for uniformly doped AyFe2Se2 and Ba(Fe1-xCo$_x$As)2 as a function of the averaged electron number per site $n$, with NN pairing $V_{NN}$ interaction chosen to be (a) 1.1 (b) 1.2 and (c) 1.3. Black squares, red and bluemore » triangles represent the collinear SDW order parameter, pairing order parameter of NNN s±-wave and NN $d$-wave, correspondingly. The NNN pairing interaction is set to be fixed at $V_{NNN}$ = 1.05. The purple shaded region represents the time-reversal breaking pairing state, s± + $id$.« less

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