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arxiv: 2009.11246 · v1 · pith:W5BXDD35new · submitted 2020-09-23 · ❄️ cond-mat.supr-con

Anisotropic superconductivity and Fermi surface reconstruction in the spin-vortex antiferromagnetic superconductor CaK(Fe_(0.95)Ni_(0.05))₄As₄

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keywords antiferromagneticorderspin-vortexsuperconductingcriticaldopingfermiinduces
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High critical temperature superconductivity often occurs in systems where an antiferromagnetic order is brought near $T=0K$ by slightly modifying pressure or doping. CaKFe$_4$As$_4$ is a superconducting, stoichiometric iron pnictide compound showing optimal superconducting critical temperature with $T_c$ as large as $38$ K. Doping with Ni induces a decrease in $T_c$ and the onset of spin-vortex antiferromagnetic order, which consists of spins pointing inwards to or outwards from alternating As sites on the diagonals of the in-plane square Fe lattice. Here we study the band structure of CaK(Fe$_{0.95}$Ni$_{0.05}$)$_4$As$_4$ (T$_c$ = 10 K, T$_N$ = 50 K) using quasiparticle interference with a Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM) and show that the spin-vortex order induces a Fermi surface reconstruction and a fourfold superconducting gap anisotropy.

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