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Gap-like feature in the normal state of X(Fe1-xCo x)2As2, X = Ba, Sr and Fe1+yTe revealed by point contact spectroscopy

  • H. Z. Arham
  • , C. R. Hunt
  • , W. K. Park
  • , J. Gillett
  • , S. D. Das
  • , S. E. Sebastian
  • , Z. J. Xu
  • , J. S. Wen
  • , Z. W. Lin
  • , Q. Li
  • , G. Gu
  • , A. Thaler
  • , S. L. Budko
  • , P. C. Canfield
  • , L. H. Greene
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • University of Cambridge
  • Brookhaven National Laboratory Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department
  • Ames Laboratory

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Abstract

Point contact spectroscopy reveals a gap-like feature above the magnetic and structural transition temperatures for underdoped Ba(Fe1-xCo x)2As2, SrFe2As2 and Fe1+yTe. The conductance spectrum starts showing an enhancement at temperatures as high as 177 K for BaFe2As2 (TN ∼ 132 K) and 250 K for SrFe2As2 (TN ∼ 192 K). Possible origins for this enhancement are discussed in light of recent experimental claims of nematicity in these materials. We construct a modified phase diagram for Co-doped Ba122 showing a gap-like feature existing above TN and TS for the underdoped regime.

Original languageEnglish
Article number022001
JournalJournal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume400
Issue numberPART 2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event26th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics, LT 2011 - Beijing, China
Duration: Aug 10 2011Aug 17 2011

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