Two-Gap Paring of the Optimal Doped (M,K)Fe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ with M = Ba, Sr

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Abstract

The gap structure revealed by the specific heat of iron pnictides remains unsettled. Not only do the reported characters vary for similar Ba$_{0.6}$K$_{0.4}$Fe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ and Sr$_{0.55}$K$_{0.45}$Fe$_{2}$As$_{2}$, single gap and two-gap pairings have also been suggested in the crystals with the same nominal composition of Ba$_{0.6}$K$_{0.4}$Fe$_{2}$As$_{2}$. It seems that either the gap structure is unusually sensitive to the sample details or some analysis procedures need to be refined Here we explored both the (Sr,K)Fe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ and (Ba,K)Fe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ systems, and different procedures were used to extract the phonon background. In the case of (Sr,K)Fe$_{2}$As$_{2}$, the phonon background seems to be insensitive to both the procedures and the potassium doping. For (Ba,K)Fe$_{2}$As$_{2}$, however, the data suggest a significant doping dependency of the soft phonons. The observations cast doubts on the previous procedures of using either BaFe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ or Ba(Fe$_{0.9}$Co$_{0.1})_{2}$As$_{2}$ to estimate the phonon background of Ba$_{0.6}$K$_{0.4}$Fe$_{2}$As$_{2}$. A new procedure, therefore, is developed. The result will be presented and discussed.

Authors

  • Fengyan Wei

    Texas Center for Superconductivity at University of Houston and Department of Physics

  • Bing Lv

    Texas Center for Superconductivity at University of Houston, Department of Physics and TcSUH, University of Houston, Dept. of Physics and TcSUH, University of Houston

  • Feng Chen

    Texas Center for Superconductivity at University of Houston and Department of Physics, Dept. of Physics and TcSUH, University of Houston

  • Y.Y. Xue

    Texas Center for Superconductivity at University of Houston and Department of Physics, Department of Physics and TcSUH, University of Houston

  • Paul C. W. Chu

    Texas Center for Superconductivity at University of Houston and Department of Physics,Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Department of Physics and TcSUH at the University of Houston; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Department of Physics, TcSUH, University of Houston and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Dept. of Physics and Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-5002, Univ of Houston, TCSUH and Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77024-5002, USA, Department of Physics and TcSUH, University of Houston, Dept. of Physics and TcSUH, University of Houston, Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory