Electronic structure of (Ca0.85La0.15)FeAs2

Abstract

We report a comprehensive study of orbital character and tridimensional nature of the electronic structure of (Ca0.85La0.15)FeAs2 from recently discovered “112” family of Iron-based superconductors (IBS), with angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. We observed that the band structure is similar to that of “122” family, namely, there are three hole-like bands at the Brillouin zone (BZ) center and two electron-like bands at the BZ corner. The bands near the Fermi level (EF) are mainly derived from the Fe t2g orbitals. On the basis of our present and earlier studies, we classify IBS into the three types according to their crystal structures. We show that although the bands near EF mainly originate from Fe 3d electrons, they are significantly modified by the interaction between the superconducting slabs and the intermediate atoms.