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Observation of an emergent coherent state in the iron-based superconductor KFe2As2

Run Yang, Zhiping Yin, Yilin Wang, Yaomin Dai, Hu Miao, Bing Xu, Xianggang Qiu, Christopher C. Homes

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.96.201108 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

The ab-plane optical properties of KFe2As2 single crystals have been measured over a wide temperature and frequency range. Below T*≃155 K, where this material undergoes an incoherent-coherent crossover, a new coherent response emerges in the optical conductivity. A spectral weight analysis suggests that this feature originates from high-energy bound states. Below ≃75 K the scattering rate for this feature is quadratic in temperature, indicating a Fermi-liquid response. Theoretical calculations suggest this crossover is dominated by the dxy orbital. Our results indicate Kondo-type screening is the likely mechanism for the incoherent-coherent crossover in hole-overdoped KFe2As2.

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