Optical conductivity as a probe of a hidden Fermi-liquid behavior in BaFe1.904Ni0.096As2

We measured the infrared reflectivity of BaFe1.904Ni0.096As2 single crystal from room temperature down to 20 K. Two Drude terms and a Lorentz term well describe the real part of the optical conductivity σ1 （ω）. We fit the reciprocal of static optical conductivity 1/σ1（0） by the power law ρ （T）=ρo＋ATn with n= 1.6. The ＂broad＂ Drude component exhibits an incoherent background with a T-independent scattering rate 1/τb, while the other ＂narrow＂ one reveals a T-quadratic scattering rate 1/τn, indicating a hidden Fermi-liquid behavior in BaFe1.904Nio.096As2 compound.