Unusual nodal behaviors of the superconducting gap in the iron-based superconductor Ba(F e0.65 R u0.35)2 A s2: Effects of spin-orbit coupling

L. Liu, K. Okazaki, T. Yoshida, H. Suzuki, M. Horio, L. C.C. Ambolode, J. Xu, S. Ideta, M. Hashimoto, D. H. Lu, Z. X. Shen, Y. Ota, S. Shin, M. Nakajima, S. Ishida, K. Kihou, C. H. Lee, A. Iyo, H. Eisaki, T. MikamiT. Kakeshita, Y. Yamakawa, H. Kontani, S. Uchida, A. Fujimori

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Abstract

We have investigated the superconducting (SC) gap on hole Fermi surfaces (FSs) of optimally substituted Ba(Fe0.65Ru0.35)2As2 by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (APRES) using bulk-sensitive 7 eV laser and synchrotron radiation. It was found that, whereas the gap is isotropic in the kx-ky plane, the gap magnitudes of two resolved hole FSs show similar kz dependences and decrease as kz approaches ∼2π/c (i.e., around the Z point), unlike the other Fe-based superconductors reported so far, where the SC gap of only one hole FS shows a strong kz dependence. This unique gap structure can be understood in the scenario that the dz2 orbital character is mixed into both hole FSs due to finite spin-orbit coupling (SOC) and is reproduced by calculation within the random phase approximation including the SOC.

Original languageEnglish
Article number104504
JournalPhysical Review B
Volume95
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017 Mar 6
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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