Andreev bound states in iron pnictide superconductors

被引：14

作者：

Huang, Wen-Min ^{[1
]}

Lin, Hsiu-Hau ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Natl Tsing Hua Univ, Dept Phys, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan

[2] Natl Ctr Theoret Sci, Div Phys, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 2010年 / 81卷 / 05期

关键词：

GAPS; BI2SR2CACU2O8+DELTA;

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevB.81.052504

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

Andreev bound states have been proposed as an experimental probe to detect the pairing symmetry in iron pnictide superconductors. However, previous theoretical studies show that the local density of states below the superconducting gap is small, making the detection rather challenging in experiments. We revisit this important issue from the Bogoliubov-de Gennes Hamiltonian and carefully include both the lattice effects and the boundary potentials. It is rather surprising that significant spectral weights in the midgap regime emerge, leading to easy detection for the Andreev bound states in realistic experiments. Furthermore, pronounced peaks appear in the momentum-resolved local density of states and enhance quasiparticle interferences at specific momenta. We analyze the locations of these magic spots from quasiparticle interferences and propose a direct experimental verification by the Fourier-transformed scanning tunneling spectroscopy.

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