Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2011-04-04
Rep. Prog. Phys. 74 (2011) 124503
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
A review article to appear in a special issue of ROPP
Scientific paper
10.1088/0034-4885/74/12/124503
In this review, we present a summary of the results on single crystal growth of two types of iron-chalcogenide superconductors, Fe(1+y)Te(1-x)Se(x) (11), and A(x)Fe(2-y)Se(2) (A= K, Rb, Cs, Tl, Tl/K, Tl/Rb), using Bridgman, zone-melting, vapor self-transport, and flux techniques. The superconducting and magnetic properties (the latter gained mainly from neutron scattering measurements) of these materials are reviewed to demonstrate the connection between magnetism and superconductivity. It will be shown that for the 11 system, while static magnetic order around the reciprocal lattice position (0.5, 0) competes with superconductivity, spin excitations centered around (0.5, 0.5) are closely coupled to the materials' superconductivity; this is made evident by the strong correlation between the spectral weight around (0.5, 0.5) and the superconducting volume fraction. The observation of a spin resonance below the superconducting temperature, Tc, and the magnetic-field dependence of the resonance, emphasize the important role spin excitations play in the superconductivity. Generally, these results illustrate the similarities between the iron-based and cuprate superconductors. In A(x)Fe(2-y)Se(2), superconductivity with Tc ~ 30 K borders an antiferromagnetic insulating phase; this is closer to the behavior observed in the cuprates but differs from that in other iron-based superconductors.
Birgeneau Robert J.
Gu Genda
Tranquada John M.
Wen Jinsheng
Xu Guangyong
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