STM Studies on the Surface Structure of Ba122 iron pnictides cleaved at Low Temperature
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Abstract
We have performed scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy (STM/STS) studies on electron- and hole-doped BaFe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ iron pnictides (Ba(Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_{x})_{2}$As$_{2}$ and Ba$_{1-x}$K$_{x}$Fe$_{2}$As$_{2})$. Two types of surface topography are always found when the samples are cleaved at low temperature. One has a square-like structure and the other shows a dimerization into rows. Details of these two surfaces, particularly at their boundaries, will be utilized to argue about the surface termination. We also show the impacts of these two surface structures and some topographic features on the tunneling spectrum.
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