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铁基超导体中氮族元素高度作为高T_c无节对和低T_c节对之间的可能开关

Pnictogen height as a possible switch between high-T_c nodeless and low-T_c nodal pairings in the iron based superconductors

Kazuhiko Kuroki, Hidetomo Usui, Seiichiro Onari, Ryotaro Arita, Hideo Aoki

摘要:

本文采用从最大定域Wannier轨道得到的LaFeAsO以及NdFeAsO和LaFePO等实际材料的几种虚晶格结构的五带模型,研究了晶格结构对铁磷属化物中自旋涨落介导的超导电性的影响。随机相位近似应用于模型求解Eliashberg方程。这表明,超导不稳定性的能隙函数和强度是由费米面的多个嵌套引起的多个自旋涨落模之间的合作或竞争决定的,而这种合作或竞争又受到晶格结构的影响.具体地说,在未折叠的布里渊区中围绕$(π,π)$的费米表面$γ$的出现对从Fe平面测量的氮族元素高度$h_{\rm Pn}$敏感,其中$h_{\rm Pn}$被示出作为高- $T_c$无节点和低- $T_c$节点配对之间的开关。我们还发现,晶格常数的减少一般抑制超导电性。然后,我们可以将这些结合起来,以获得一个通用的超导相图对氮族元素的高度和晶格常数。这表明NdFeAsO有望表现出完全带隙的,符号反转的s波超导性,具有比LaFeAsO更高的$T_c$,而LaFePO有望具有低$T_c$的结配对,这与实验一致。

英文摘要:

We study the effect of the lattice structure on the spin-fluctuation mediated superconductivity in the iron pnictides adopting the five-band models of several virtual lattice structures of LaFeAsO as well as actual materials such as NdFeAsO and LaFePO obtained from the maximally-localized Wannier orbitals. Random phase approximation is applied to the models to solve the Eliashberg equation. This reveals that the gap function and the strength of the superconducting instability are determined by the cooperation or competition among multiple spin fluctuation modes arising from several nestings among disconnected pieces of the Fermi surface, which is affected by the lattice structure. Specifically, the appearance of the Fermi surface $γ$ around $(π,π)$ in the unfolded Brillouin zone is sensitive to the pnictogen height $h_{\rm Pn}$ measured from the Fe plane, where $h_{\rm Pn}$ is shown to act as a switch between high-$T_c$ nodeless and low-$T_c$ nodal pairings. We also find that reduction of the lattice constants generally suppresses superconductivity. We can then combine these to obtain a generic superconducting phase diagram against the pnictogen height and lattice constant. This suggests that NdFeAsO is expected to exhibit a fully-gapped, sign-reversing s-wave superconductivity with a higher $T_c$ than in LaFeAsO, while a nodal pairing with a low $T_c$ is expected for LaFePO, which is consistent with experiments.

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