1205.0352 (Lei Shan et al.)

Evidence of a spin resonance mode in the iron-based superconductor
Ba$_{0.6}$K$_{0.4}$Fe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ from scanning tunneling spectroscopy    [PDF]

Lei Shan, Jing Gong, Yong-Lei Wang, Bing Shen, Xingyuan Hou, Cong Ren, Chunhong Li, Huan Yang, Hai-Hu Wen, Shiliang Li, Pengcheng Dai

We used high-resolution scanning tunneling spectroscopy to study the hole-doped iron pnictide superconductor Ba$_{0.6}$K$_{0.4}$Fe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ ($T_c=38$ K). Features of a bosonic excitation (mode) are observed in the measured quasiparticle density of states. The bosonic features are intimately associated with the superconducting order parameter and have a mode energy of $\sim$14 meV, similar to the spin resonance measured by inelastic neutron scattering. These results indicate a strong electron-spin excitation coupling in iron pictnide superconductors, similar to that in high-$T_c$ copper oxide superconductors.

View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1205.0352