% This file was created with JabRef 2.4.2. % Encoding: Cp1252 @ARTICLE{Prozorov2009, author = {R. Prozorov and M.A. Tanatar and R.T. Gordon and C. Martin and H. Kim and V.G. Kogan and N. Ni and M.E. Tillman and S.L. Bud'ko and P.C. Canfield}, title = {Anisotropic London penetration depth and superfluid density in single crystals of iron-based pnictide superconductors}, journal = {Physica C: Superconductivity}, year = {2009}, volume = {469}, pages = {582 - 589}, number = {9-12}, note = {Superconductivity in Iron-Pnictides}, abstract = {In- and out-of-plane magnetic penetration depths were measured in three iron-based pnictide superconducting systems. The 122 system was represented by electron-doped Ba(Fe1-xCox)2As2 with the doping through the whole phase diagram with x [approximate] 0.038, 0.047, 0.058, 0.074 and 0.10 (Tc ranged from 13 to 24 K) and by hole-doped (Ba1-xKx)Fe2As2 with doping close to optimal, with measured x [approximate] 0.45 (Tc [approximate] 28 K) and an underdoped sample with x [approximate] 0.15 (Tc [approximate] 19 K). The 1111 system was represented by single crystals of NdFeAs(O1-xFx) with nominal x = 0.1 (Tc [approximate] 43 K). All studied samples of both 122 systems show a robust power-law behavior, [lambda](T)[is proportional to]Tn, with the sample-dependent exponent n = 2-2.5, which is indicative of unconventional pairing. This scenario could be possible either through scattering in a S± state or due to nodes in the superconducting gap. In the Nd-1111 system, the interpretation of the results is complicated by magnetism of the rare-earth ions. For all three systems, the anisotropy ratio, [gamma][lambda][reverse not equivalent][lambda]c/[lambda]ab, was found to decrease with increasing temperature, whereas the anisotropy of the coherence lengths, , has been found to increase (both opposite to the trend in two-band MgB2). The overall anisotropy of the pnictide superconductors is small, in fact much smaller than that of the cuprates (except YBa2Cu3O7-x (YBCO)). The 1111 system is about two times more anisotropic than the 122 system. Our data and analysis suggest that the iron-based pnictides are complex superconductors in which a multiband three-dimensional electronic structure and strong magnetic fluctuations play important roles.}, doi = {DOI: 10.1016/j.physc.2009.03.012}, issn = {0921-4534}, keywords = {Penetration depth}, owner = {Ruslan Prozorov}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2009.03.012} }