Abstract
We investigate the superconducting phase in the 122 compounds from moderate to strong hole-doping regimes. Using the functional renormalization group, we show that, while the system develops a nodeless anisotropic order parameter in the moderately doped regime, gapping out the electron pockets at strong hole doping drives the system into a nodal -wave superconducting state. This is in accordance with recent experimental evidence from measurements on which observe a nodal order parameter in the extreme doping regime. The magnetic instability is strongly suppressed.
- Received 20 January 2011
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.117001
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