| Issue |
EPL
Volume 96, Number 2, October 2011
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| Article Number | 27014 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| Section | Condensed Matter: Electronic Structure, Electrical, Magnetic and Optical Properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/96/27014 | |
| Published online | 07 October 2011 | |
Proximity fingerprint of s±-superconductivity
Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory - Argonne, IL 60439, USA
Received:
17
June
2011
Accepted:
6
September
2011
We suggest a straightforward and unambiguous test to identify possible opposite signs of the superconducting order parameter in different bands proposed for iron-based superconductors (s±-state). We consider the proximity effect in a weakly coupled sandwich composed of a s±-superconductor and a thin layer of the s-wave superconductor. In such system the s-wave order parameter is coupled differently with different s±-gaps and it typically aligns with one of these gaps. This forces the other s±-gap to be anti-aligned with the s-wave gap. In such situation the aligned band induces a peak in the s-wave density of states (DoS), while the anti-aligned band induces a dip. Observation of such contact-induced negative feature in the s-wave DoS would provide a definite proof for s±-superconductivity.
PACS: 74.45.+c – Proximity effects; Andreev reflection; SN and SNS junctions / 74.70.Xa – Pnictides and chalcogenides / 74.20.Rp – Pairing symmetries (other than s-wave)
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