Abstract
We report the full complex dielectric function of high-purity Ba0.68K0.32Fe2As2 single crystals with Tc=38.5K determined by wideband spectroscopic ellipsometry at temperatures 10≤T≤300K. We discuss the microscopic origin of superconductivity-induced infrared optical anomalies in the framework of a multiband Eliashberg theory with two distinct superconducting gap energies, 2ΔA≈6kBTc and 2ΔB≈2.2kBTc. The observed unusual suppression of the optical conductivity in the superconducting state at energies up to 14kBTc can be ascribed to spin-fluctuation–assisted processes in the clean limit of the strong-coupling regime.
Original language | Undefined |
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Article number | 174511 |
Pages (from-to) | - |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Physical review B: Condensed matter and materials physics |
Volume | 84 |
Issue number | 17 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2011 |
Keywords
- IR-104469
- METIS-283379