Controlling T through band structure and correlation engineering in collapsed and uncollapsed phases of iron arsenides
arXiv:2003.13156 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.237001
Abstract
Recent observations of selective emergence (suppression) of superconductivity in the uncollapsed (collapsed) tetragonal phase of LaFeAs has rekindled interest in understanding what features of the band structure control the superconducting T. We show that the proximity of the narrow Fe-d state to the Fermi energy emerges as the primary factor. In the uncollapsed phase this state is at the Fermi energy, and is most strongly correlated and source of enhanced scattering in both single and two particle channels. The resulting intense and broad low energy spin fluctuations suppress magnetic ordering and simultaneously provide glue for Cooper pair formation. In the collapsed tetragonal phase, the d state is driven far below the Fermi energy, which suppresses the low-energy scattering and blocks superconductivity. A similar source of broad spin excitation appears in uncollapsed and collapsed phases of CaFeAs. This suggests controlling coherence provides a way to engineer T in unconventional superconductors primarily mediated through spin fluctuations.
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