Revealing the intrinsic superconducting gap anisotropy in surface-neutralized BaFe2(As0.7P0.3)2

The lack of a clean charge neutral cleavage plane for the 122 family of iron-based superconductors has complicated surface-sensitive spectroscopy probes from revealing the intrinsic electronic properties of these materials. Here the authors introduce an effective surface dosing method that drastical...

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Main Authors: Ziming Xin, Yudi Wang, Cong Cai, Zhengguo Wang, Lei Chen, Tingting Han, Yan Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-02-01
Series:Communications Physics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-021-00537-z
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Summary:The lack of a clean charge neutral cleavage plane for the 122 family of iron-based superconductors has complicated surface-sensitive spectroscopy probes from revealing the intrinsic electronic properties of these materials. Here the authors introduce an effective surface dosing method that drastically improves the observed spectral quality, thus revealing unprecedented details of the superconducting gap anisotropy.
ISSN:2399-3650