Unravelling the mechanism of the semiconducting-like behavior and its relation to superconductivity in (CaFe1-xPtxAs)(10)Pt3As8

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关键词: HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;    SPIN FLUCTUATIONS;    CONDUCTIVITY;    PSEUDOGAP;    MAGNETISM;    STATE;   

DOI  :  10.1103/PhysRevB.99.144520

来源: SCIE

【 摘 要 】

The temperature-dependence of the in-plane optical properties of (CaFe1-xPtxAs)(10)Pt3As8 have been investigated for the undoped (x = 0) parent compound, and the optimally doped (x = 0.1) superconducting material T-c similar or equal to 12 K) over a wide frequency range. The optical conductivity has been described using two free-carrier (Drude) components, in combination with oscillators to describe interband transitions. At room temperature, the parent compound may be described by a strong, broad Drude term, as well as a narrow, weaker Drude component. Below the structural and magnetic transitions at similar or equal to 96 and 83 K, respectively, strength is transferred from the free-carrier components into a bound excitation at similar or equal to 1000 cm(-1), and the material exhibits semiconducting-like behavior. In the optimally doped sample, at room temperature the optical properties are again described by narrow and broad Drude responses comparable to the parent compound; however, below T*similar or equal to 100 K, strength from the narrow Drude is transferred into a newly emergent low-energy peak at similar or equal to 120 cm(-1), which arises from a localization process, resulting in semiconducting-like behavior. Interestingly, below T-c, this peak also contributes to the superfluid weight, indicating that some localized electrons condense into Cooper pairs; this observation may provide insight into the pairing mechanism in iron-based superconductors.

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