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Pairing State with a time-reversal symmetry breaking in FeAs based superconductors

Superconductivity 2009-09-09 v3

Abstract

We investigate the competition between the extended s±s_{\pm}-wave and dx2y2d_{x^2-y^2}-wave pairing order parameters in the iron-based superconductors. Because of the frustrating pairing interactions among the electron and the hole fermi pockets, a time reversal symmetry breaking s+ids+id pairing state could be favored. We analyze this pairing state within the Ginzburg-Landau theory, and explore the experimental consequences. In such a state, spatial inhomogeneity induces supercurrent near a non-magnetic impurity and the corners of a square sample. The resonance mode between the s±s_{\pm} and dx2y2d_{x^2-y^2}-wave order parameters can be detected through the B1gB_{1g}-Raman spectroscopy.

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@article{arxiv.0810.0887,
  title  = {Pairing State with a time-reversal symmetry breaking in FeAs based superconductors},
  author = {Wei-Cheng Lee and Shou-Cheng Zhang and Congjun Wu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0810.0887},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 4 figures, new references added