Evidence for two energy gaps in superconducting Ba0.6K0.4Fe2As2 single crystals and the breakdown of the Uemura plot.
We report a detailed investigation on the lower critical field H{c1} of the superconducting Ba0.6K0.4Fe2As2 (122) single crystals. A pronounced kink is observed on the H{c1}(T) curve, which is attributed to the existence of two superconducting gaps. By fitting the data H{c1}(T) to the two-gap BCS model in the full temperature region, a small gap of Delta{a}(0)=2.0+/-0.3 meV and a large gap of Delta{b}(0)=8.9+/-0.4 meV are obtained. The in-plane penetration depth lambda{ab}(0) is estimated to be 105 nm corresponding to a rather large superfluid density, which points to the breakdown of the Uemura plot in 122 superconductors.
Ren
Cong
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National Laboratory for Superconductivity, Institute of Physics and Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 603, Beijing 100190, China. cong_ren@aphy.iphy.ac.cn
Wang
Zhao-Sheng
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Luo
Hui-Qian
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Yang
Huan
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Shan
Lei
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Wen
Hai-Hu
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