Millimeter-wave study of London penetration depth temperature dependence in Ba(Fe0.926Co0.074)2As2 single crystal

• Main Authors: Barannik, A. A, Cherpak, N. T, Ni, N, Tanatar, M. A, Vitusevich, S. A, Skresanov, V. N, Canfield, P. C, Prozorov, R, Glamazdin, V. V, Torokhtii, K. I
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 30-06-2011
• Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors; Physics - Superconductivity
• DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1106.6266

In-plane surface Ka-band microwave impedance of optimally doped single
crystals of the Fe-based superconductor Ba(Fe0.926Co0.074)2As2 (Tc= 22.8K) was
measured. Sensitive sapphire disk quasi-optical resonator with high-Tc cuprate
conducting endplates was developed specially for Fe-pnictide superconductors.
It allowed finding temperature variation of London penetration depth in a form
of power law, namely \Delta \lambda (T)~ Tn with n = 2.8 from low temperatures
up to at least 0.6Tc consisted with radio-frequency measurements. This exponent
points towards nodeless state with pairbreaking scattering, which can support
one of the extended s-pairing symmetries. The dependence \lambda(T) at low
temperatures is well described by one superconducting small-gap (\Delta \cong
0.75 in kTc units, where k is Boltzman coefficient) exponential dependence.