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Andrei Shilov

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Optical Properties of Iron-Selenide Na$_{0.27}$K$_{0.27}$Rb$_{0.27}$Fe$_{1.7}$Se$_2$ Single Crystals

With infrared Fourier-transform spectroscopy and spectroscopic ellipsometry we investigated the in-plane reflectance of the superconducting Na$_{0.27}$K$_{0.27}$Rb$_{0.27}$Fe$_{1.7}$Se$_2$ single crystals with a critical temperature $T_c\approx 34.3$ K over a broad frequency range at temperatures of 4--300 K. The normal-state response of Na$_{0.27}$K$_{0.27}$Rb$_{0.27}$Fe$_{1.7}$Se$_2$ is analyzed by a Drude-Lorentz model with one Drude component. The temperature dependences of the plasma frequency, optical conductivity, scattering rate, and dc resistivity of the Drude component in the normal state are presented. We report a Fano-shaped mode at 1430~cm$^{-1}$ indicating a coupling of the discrete mode presumably related to some electronic transition to a two-magnon continuum as well as a low-frequency broad band assigned to the acoustic magnon branch of the antiferromagnetic superstructure. These features persist in the reflectance in both the normal and superconducting states suggesting a mesoscopic coexistence of superconductivity and magnetism in Na$_{0.27}$K$_{0.27}$Rb$_{0.27}$Fe$_{1.7}$Se$_2$.

cond-mat.supr-con

Optical Properties of Superconducting K$_{0.8}$Fe$_{1.7}$(Se$_{0.73}$S$_{0.27}$)$_2$ Single Crystals

The optical properties of the superconducting K$_{0.8}$Fe$_{1.7}$(Se$_{0.73}$S$_{0.27}$)$_2$ single crystals with a critical temperature $T_c\approx 26$ K have been measured in the {\it ab} plane in a wide frequency range using both infrared Fourier-transform spectroscopy and spectroscopic ellipsometry at temperatures of 4--300 K. The normal-state reflectance of K$_{0.8}$Fe$_{1.7}$(Se$_{0.73}$S$_{0.27}$)$_2$ is analyzed using a Drude-Lorentz model with one Drude component. The temperature dependences of the plasma frequency, optical conductivity, scattering rate, and dc resistivity of the Drude contribution in the normal state are presented. In the superconducting state, we observe a signature of the superconducting gap opening at $2\Delta $(5~K) = 11.8~meV. An abrupt decrease in the low-frequency dielectric permittivity $\varepsilon _1(\omega )$ at $T < T_c$ also evidences the formation of the superconducting condensate. The superconducting plasma frequency $\omega _{pl,s} = (213\pm 5)$~cm$^{-1}$ and the magnetic penetration depth $\lambda =(7.5\pm 0.2)$~$\mu $m at $T=5$~K are determined.

cond-mat.supr-con