Doping dependence of heat transport in the iron-arsenide superconductor Ba(Fe${}_{1-x}$Co${}_x$)${}_2$As${}_2$: from isotropic to strongly $k$-dependent gap structure

Abstract

The temperature and magnetic field dependence of the in-plane thermal conductivity $\kappa$ of the iron-arsenide superconductor Ba(Fe${}_{1-x}$Co${}_x$)${}_2$As${}_2$ was measured down to $T\simeq 50$ mK and up to $H=15$ T as a function of Co concentration $x$ in the range 0.048 $\le x\le$ 0.114. In zero magnetic field, a negligible residual linear term in $\kappa /T$ as $T\to 0$ at all $x$ shows that there are no zero-energy quasiparticles and hence the superconducting gap has no nodes in the $ab$-plane anywhere in the phase diagram. However, the field dependence of $\kappa$ reveals a systematic evolution of the superconducting gap with doping $x$, from large everywhere on the Fermi surface in the underdoped regime, as evidenced by a flat $\kappa (H)$ at $T\to 0$, to strongly $k$-dependent in the overdoped regime, where a small magnetic field can induce a large residual linear term, indicative of a deep minimum in the gap magnitude somewhere on the Fermi surface. This shows that the superconducting gap structure has a strongly $k$-dependent amplitude around the Fermi surface only outside the antiferromagnetic/orthorhombic phase.

version accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters; new title, minor revision, revised fig.1, and updated references

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