Common Features in Electronic Structure of the Oxypnictide Superconductors from Photoemission Spectroscopy

High resolution photoemission measurements are carried out on non-superconducting LaFeAsO parent com- pound and various superconducting RFeAs（O1-ZFx） （R=La, Ce and Pr） compounds. It is found that the parent LaFeAsO compound shows a metallic character. By extensive measurements, several common features are identified in the electronic structure of these Fe-based compounds： （1） 0.2 eV feature in the valence band, （2） a universal 13-16 meV feature, （3） near EF spectral weight suppression with decreasing temperature. These uni- versal features can provide important information about band structure, superconducting gap and pseudogap in these Fe-based materials.     

Pseudogap and Superconducting Gap in SmFeAs（O1-xFx） Superconductor from Photoemission Spectroscopy

High resolution photoemission measurements are carried out on non-superconducting SmOFeAs paxent compound and superconducting SmFeAs（O1-xFx） （x = 0.12, and 0.15） compounds. The momentum-integrated spectra exhibit a clear Fermi cutoff that shows little leading-edge shift in the superconducting state. A robust feature at 13 meV is identified in all these samples. Spectral weight suppression near IF, F with decreasing temperature is observed in both undoped and doped samples that points to a possible existence of a pseudogap in these Fe-based compounds.     

Electronic structure of heavy fermion system CePt_2In_7 from angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy

We have carried out high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission measurements on the Ce-based heavy fermion compound CePt_2In_7 that exhibits stronger two-dimensional character than the prototypical heavy fermion system CeCoIn_5.Multiple Fermi surface sheets and a complex band structure are clearly resolved. We have also performed detailed band structure calculations on CePt_2In_7. The good agreement found between our measurements and the calculations suggests that the band renormalization effect is rather weak in CePt_2In_7. A comparison of the common features of the electronic structure of CePt_2In_7 and CeCoIn_5 indicates that CeCoIn_5 shows a much stronger band renormalization effect than CePt_2In_7. These results provide new information for understanding the heavy fermion behaviors and unconventional superconductivity in Ce-based heavy fermion systems.     

利用牛顿环装置测量平玻璃折射率

在牛顿环实验装置半透半反镜和移测显微镜物镜之间垂直光路位置放置待测平玻璃,改变平玻璃倾角,使干涉条纹产生水平位移,测量水平位移和倾角之间的关系,通过数据拟合测出平玻璃折射率的大小.该方法的关键是平玻璃倾角和水平微小位移的准确测量.实验中充分利用实验室现有条件组装角度测量仪测量倾角,利用牛顿环高精度移测显微镜以干涉环为参照读取微小位移,实现了对折射率较高精度的测量.