1205.0996 (X. -P. Wang et al.)

Observation of an isotropic superconducting gap at the Brillouin zone
center of Tl$_{0.63}$K$_{0.37}$Fe$_{1.78}$Se$_2$    [PDF]

X. -P. Wang, P. Richard, A. van Roekeghem, Y. -B. Huang, E. Razzoli, T. Qian, H. -D. Wang, C. -H. Dong, M. -H. Fang, M. Shi, H. Ding

We performed a high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy study on superconducting (SC) Tl$_{0.63}$K$_{0.37}$Fe$_{1.78}$Se$_2$ ($T_c=29$ K) in the whole Brillouin zone (BZ). In addition to a nearly isotropic $\sim$ 8.2 meV 2-dimensional (2D) SC gap ($2\Delta/k_BT_c\sim7$) on quasi-2D electron Fermi surfaces (FSs) located around M$(\pi,0,0)$-A$(\pi,0,\pi)$, we observe a $\sim 6.2$ meV isotropic SC gap ($2\Delta/k_BT_c\sim5$) on the Z-centered electron FS that rules out any d-wave pairing symmetry and rather favors a {s}-wave symmetry. All isotropic SC gap amplitudes can be fitted by a single gap function derived from a local strong coupling approach and suggest an enhancement of next-next neighbor exchange interaction in the ferrochalcogenide superconductors.

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