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F Kretzschmar1, B Muschler, T Böhm
1Walther Meissner Institute, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 85748 Garching, Germany.
Abstract:
We show that electronic Raman scattering affords a window into the essential properties of the pairing potential V(k,k') of iron-based superconductors. In Ba0.6K0.4Fe2As2 we observe band dependent energy gaps along with excitonic Bardasis-Schrieffer modes characterizing, respectively, the dominant and subdominant pairing channel. The d(x(2)-y(2)) symmetry of all excitons allows us to identify the subdominant channel to originate from the interaction between the electron bands. Consequently, the dominant channel driving superconductivity results from the interaction between the electron and hole bands and has the full lattice symmetry. The results in Rb(0.8)Fe(1.6)Se(2) along with earlier ones in Ba(Fe(0.939)Co(0.061))(2)As(2) highlight the influence of the Fermi surface topology on the pairing interactions.
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