  We investigated the anisotropy in the in-plane optical spectra of detwinned
Ba(Fe1-xCox)2As2. The optical conductivity spectrum of BaFe2As2 shows
appreciable anisotropy in the magnetostructural ordered phase, whereas the dc
resistivity is almost isotropic at low temperatures. Upon Co doping, the
resistivity becomes highly anisotropic, while the finite-energy intrinsic
anisotropy is suppressed. It is found that anisotropy in resistivity arises
from anisotropic impurity scattering from doped Co atoms, extrinsic in origin.
Intensity of a specific optical phonon mode is also found to show striking
anisotropy in the ordered phase. The anisotropy induced by Co impurity and that
observed in the optical phonon mode are hallmarks of the highly polarizable
electronic state in the ordered phase.
