Doping induced band renormalization in 122-type Fe-based superconductor

Abstract

We study the electronic structure of a superconducting composition of 122-type Fe-based pnictide material, CaFe1.9Co0.1As2 employing high resolution angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy technique. The experimental results exhibit three bands close to Fermi level at Γ-point of the Brillouin zone among which only one band crosses the Fermi level. In the parent compound, CaFe2As2, all the three bands cross the Fermi level and form three hole pockets. While the destruction of Fermi pockets due to electron doping (Co-substitution dopes electrons into the system) is expected, we observe significant orbital selective band renormalization with respect to the parent compound. It appears that the effect of spin-orbit coupling is stronger in the doped compound.