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Domain walls in normal and superconducting states of iron pnictides

Huaixiang Huang, Degang Zhang, Tao Zhou, C. S. Ting

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.134517 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

The electronic and magnetic structures in the normal and superconducting states of iron pnictides are investigated by solving self-consistently the Bogoliubov–de Gennes equation. It is shown that strong electron correlations can induce domain walls, which separate the regions with different spin density wave orders. At zero or low electron doping, 90° domain walls are robust against the on-site Coulomb interaction and Hund coupling. On the domain walls, there always exist larger electron densities. The results agree qualitatively with recent observations of scanning tunneling microscopy and superconducting quantum interference device microscopy in underdoped (Ba,Ca)(Fe1−xCox)2As2.

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Ca(Fe1-xCox)2As2

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Ba(Fe1-xCox)2As2

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