Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy and Vortex Imaging in the Iron-Pnictide Superconductor BaFe$_{1.8}$Co$_{0.2}$As$_2$

We present an atomic resolution scanning tunneling spectroscopy study of superconducting BaFe$_{1.8}$Co$_{0.2}$As$_2$ single crystals in magnetic fields up to 9\, Tesla. At zero field, a single gap with coherence peaks at $\overline{\Delta}=6.25$\, meV is observed in the density of states. At 9\, T and 6\, T, we image a disordered vortex lattice, consistent with isotropic, single flux quantum vortices. Vortex locations are uncorrelated with strong scattering surface impurities, demonstrating bulk pinning. The vortex-induced sub-gap density of states fits an exponential decay from the vortex center, from which we extract a coherence length $\xi=27.6\pm 2.9$\, {\AA}, corresponding to an upper critical field $H_{c2}=43$\, T.