Optical Conductivity Evidence of Clean-Limit Superconductivity in LiFeAs

Autor: Takasada Shibauchi, Shigeru Kasahara, Yuji Matsuda, A. V. Pronin, G. Chanda, Ricardo P. S. M. Lobo, J. Wosnitza
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Physical Review B 91(2015), 174509
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1504.06791
Popis: We measured the optical conductivity of superconducting LiFeAs. In the superconducting state, the formation of the condensate leads to a spectral-weight loss and yields a penetration depth of 225 nm. No sharp signature of the superconducting gap is observed. This suggests that the system is likely in the clean limit. A Drude-Lorentz parametrization of the data in the normal state reveals a quasiparticle scattering rate supportive of spin fluctuations and proximity to a quantum critical point.
Comment: 6 pages - 4 Figures
Databáze: OpenAIRE