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Title: Balancing act: Evidence for a strong subdominant d -wave pairing channel in Ba 0.6 K 0.4 Fe 2 As 2

Journal Article · · Physical Review. X
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  1. Bayerishe Akademie der Wissenshaften (Germany); Technishe Univ. München (Germany); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
  2. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  3. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
  4. Bayerishe Akademie der Wissenshaften (Germany); Technishe Univ., München (Germany)
  5. Bayerishe Akademie der Wissenshaften (Germany); Technishe Univ. München (Germany)
  6. Bayerishe Akademie der Wissenshaften (Germany)
  7. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Geballe Lab. for Advanced Materials.
  8. Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States)
  9. Nanjing Univ. (China). National Lab. of Solid State Microstructures.

We present detailed measurements of the temperature-dependent Raman spectra of optimally doped Ba0.6K0.4Fe2As2 and analyze the low-temperature spectra based on local-density-approximation band-structure calculations and the subsequent estimation of effective Raman vertices. Experimentally, a narrow, emergent mode appears in the B1g (dx2-y2) Raman spectra only below Tc, well into the superconducting state and at an energy below twice the energy gap on the electron Fermi-surface sheets. The Raman spectra can be reproduced quantitatively with estimates for the magnitude and momentum-space structure of an A1g (s-wave) pairing gap on different Fermi-surface sheets, as well as the identification of the emergent sharp feature as a Bardasis-Schrieffer exciton. Formed as a Cooper-pair bound state in a subdominant dx2-y2 channel, the binding energy of the exciton relative to the gap edge shows that the coupling strength in the subdominant channel is as strong as 60% of that in the dominant s-wave channel. This result suggests that dx2-y2 may be the dominant pairing symmetry in Fe-based superconductors that lack central hole bands.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Grant/Contract Number:
HA 2071/7; A5; AC02-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
1215434
Journal Information:
Physical Review. X, Vol. 4, Issue 4; ISSN 2160-3308
Publisher:
American Physical SocietyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 41 works
Citation information provided by
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