Interlayer coupling in the superconducting state of iron-based superconductors
Wenshan Hong, Honglin Zhou, Zezhong Li, Yang Li, Uwe Stuhr, Amit Pokhriyal, Haranath Ghosh, Zhen Tao, Xingye Lu, Jiangping Hu, Shiliang Li, Huiqian Luo
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.107.224514 · Physical Review B
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Abstract
High-temperature superconducting paring is generally believed to be mediated by the magnetic fluctuations that mostly occur within the two-dimensional conducting layers (Cu-O, Fe-As, or Fe-Se) in copper oxides, iron pnictides, iron chalcogenides, etc. Here, on the basis of inelastic neutron scattering measurements on a superconducting iron pnictide Ca0.33Na0.67Fe2As2, we have discovered a highly three-dimensional spin resonance mode with upward V-shape dispersions both in the ab plane and along the c axis. The superconducting gaps exhibit strong kz modulations involved with significant changes on the size of one hole pocket and the density state of the dz2 orbital of Fe. The resonance dispersions don't always seem confined by the total gaps summed on those imperfectly nesting Fermi sheets. It is demonstrated that the c-axis dependence of both the resonance energy and its intensity in iron pnictides can be universally scaled with the distance between two adjacent Fe-As layers (d), and the kz modulation of the gap is also anticorrelated with d. These results highlight the role of interlayer coupling in iron-based superconductivity, suggesting that the interlayer pairing may also be driven by magnetic fluctuations under certain spin-orbit couplings.
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| Formula | Reported Tc (K) | Pressure (GPa) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ca0.33Na0.67Fe2As2 Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula. | 34.2 | Pressure not reported | onset |
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