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A weak-coupling superconductivity in the electron doped NaFe$_{0.95}$Co$_{0.05}$As is revealed by ARPES

Superconductivity 2013-01-16 v2

Abstract

We report a systematic study on the electronic structure and superconducting (SC) gaps in electron doped NaFe0.95_{0.95}Co0.05_{0.05}As superconductor using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. Hole-like Fermi sheets are at the zone center and electron-like Fermi sheets are at the zone corner, and are mainly contributed by xzxz and yzyz orbital characters. Our results reveal a ΔKBTc\frac{\Delta}{K_B T_c} in the range of 1.8-2.1, suggesting a weak-coupling superconductivity in these compounds. Gap closing above the transition temperature (TcT_c) shows the absence of pseudogaps. Gap evolution with temperature follow the BCS gap equation near the Γ\Gamma, ZZ, and MM high symmetry points. Furthermore, an almost isotropic superconductivity along kzk_z direction in the momentum space is observed by varying the excitation energies.

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@article{arxiv.1212.0730,
  title  = {A weak-coupling superconductivity in the electron doped NaFe$_{0.95}$Co$_{0.05}$As is revealed by ARPES},
  author = {S. Thirupathaiah and D. V. Evtushinsky and J. Maletz and V. B. Zabolotnyy and A. A. Kordyuk and T. K. Kim and S. Wurmehl and M. Roslova and I. Morozov and B. Büchner and S. V. Borisenko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.0730},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

6 pages, 5 figures, Accepted by Phy.Rev.B