Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2009-06-15
Rev. Mod. Phys. 82, 2421-2487 (2010)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
69 pages, 58 figures; Subitted to Reviews of Modern Physics on May 30th, 2009. Accepted February 23, 2010; http://rmp.aps.or
Scientific paper
Although the vast majority of high-$T_c$ cuprate superconductors are hole-doped, a small family of electron-doped compounds exists. Under investigated until recently, there has been tremendous recent progress in their characterization. A consistent view is being reached on a number of formerly contentious issues, such as their order parameter symmetry, phase diagram, and normal state electronic structure. Many other aspects have been revealed exhibiting both their similarities and differences with the hole-doped compounds. This review summarizes the current experimental status of these materials, with a goal to providing a snapshot of our current understanding of electron-doped cuprates. When possible we put our results in the context of the hole-doped compounds. We attempt to synthesize this information into a consistent view on a number of topics important to both this material class as well as the overall cuprate phenomenology including the phase diagram, the superconducting order parameter symmetry, phase separation, pseudogap effects, the role of competing orders, the spin-density wave mean-field description of the normal state, and electron-phonon coupling.
Armitage Peter N.
Fournier Patricia
Greene Richard L.
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