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Doping-dependent superconducting physical quantities of K-doped BaFe$_2$As$_2$ obtained through infrared spectroscopy

Superconductivity 2023-08-15 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We investigated four single crystals of K-doped BaFe2_2As2_2 (Ba-122), Ba1x_{1-x}Kx_xFe2_2As2_2 with xx = 0.29, 0.36, 0.40, and 0.51, using infrared spectroscopy. We explored a wide variety of doping levels, from under- to overdoped. We obtained the superfluid plasma frequencies (Ωsp\Omega_{\mathrm{sp}}) and corresponding London penetration depths (λL\lambda_{\mathrm{L}}) from the measured optical conductivity spectra. We also extracted the electron-boson spectral density (EBSD) functions using a two-parallel charge transport channel approach in the superconducting (SC) state. From the extracted EBSD functions, the maximum SC transition temperatures (TcMaxT_c^{\mathrm{Max}}) were determined using a generalized McMillan formula and the SC coherence lengths (ξSC\xi_{\mathrm{SC}}) were calculated using the timescales encoded in the EBSD functions and reported Fermi velocities. We identified some similarities and differences in the doping-dependent SC quantities between the K-doped Ba-122 and the hole-doped cuprates. We expect that the various SC quantities obtained across the wide doping range will provide helpful information for establishing the microscopic pairing mechanism in Fe-pnictide superconductors.

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@article{arxiv.2308.06875,
  title  = {Doping-dependent superconducting physical quantities of K-doped BaFe$_2$As$_2$ obtained through infrared spectroscopy},
  author = {Seokbae Lee and Yu-Seong Seo and Seulki Roh and Dongjoon Song and Hiroshi Eisaki and Jungseek Hwang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.06875},
  year   = {2023}
}

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16 pages, 4 figures, 1 table