Unconventional superconductivity has recently been discovered in the iron-based superconducting silicide LaFeSiH. By using the complementary techniques of muon spin rotation, tunneling diode oscillator, and density-functional theory, we investigate the magnetic penetration depth and thereby the superconducting gap of this high-temperature superconductor. We find that the magnetic penetration depth displays a sub-T-2 behavior in the low-temperature regime below T-c/3, which evidences a nodal structure of the gap (or a gap with very deep minima) Even if the topology of the computed Fermi surface is compatible with the s(+/-)-wave case with accidental nodes, its nesting and orbital-content features may eventually result in a d-wave state, which is more unusual for high-temperature superconductors of this class.

Evidence of nodal superconductivity in LaFeSiH
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Evidence of nodal superconductivity in LaFeSiH
Published in Physical Review B on June 01, 2020
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Bhattacharyya, A.; Rodiere, P.; Vaney, J-B; Biswas, P. K.; Hillier, A. D.; Bosin, A.; Bernardini, F.; Tenc, S.; Adroja, D. T.; Cano, A.
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