Optical conductivity and Raman scattering of iron superconductors

B. Valenzuela, M. J. Calderón, G. León, and E. Bascones
Phys. Rev. B 87, 075136 – Published 22 February 2013

Abstract

We discuss how to analyze the optical conductivity and Raman spectra of multiorbital systems using the velocity and the Raman vertices in a similar way Raman vertices were used to disentangle nodal and antinodal regions in cuprates. We apply this method to iron superconductors in the magnetic and nonmagnetic states, studied at the mean-field level. We find that the anisotropy in the optical conductivity at low frequencies reflects the difference between the magnetic gaps at the X and Y electron pockets. Both gaps are sampled by Raman spectroscopy. We also show that the Drude weight anisotropy in the magnetic state is sensitive to small changes in the lattice structure.

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  • Received 19 December 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.87.075136

©2013 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

B. Valenzuela*, M. J. Calderón, G. León, and E. Bascones

  • Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, ICMM-CSIC, Cantoblanco, E-28049 Madrid, Spain

  • *belenv@icmm.csic.es
  • calderon@icmm.csic.es
  • leni@icmm.csic.es

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Vol. 87, Iss. 7 — 15 February 2013

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