Exotic d-wave superconducting state of strongly hole-doped K(x)Ba(1-x)Fe2As2.
We investigate the superconducting phase in the K(x)Ba(1-x)Fe2As2 122 compounds from moderate to strong hole-doping regimes. Using the functional renormalization group, we show that, while the system develops a nodeless anisotropic s(±) order parameter in the moderately doped regime, gapping out the electron pockets at strong hole doping drives the system into a nodal (cos k(x) + cos k(y))(cos k(x) - cos k(y)) d-wave superconducting state. This is in accordance with recent experimental evidence from measurements on KFe2As2 which observe a nodal order parameter in the extreme doping regime. The magnetic instability is strongly suppressed.
Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA.
Ronny
R
Thomale
Christian
C
Platt
Werner
W
Hanke
Jiangping
J
Hu
B Andrei
BA
Bernevig