18 research outputs found
The London penetration depth in single crystals of Ba(Fe_{1-x}Co_x)_2As_2 at various doping levels
The London penetration depth has been measured in single
crystals of Ba(FeCo)As using the tunnel diode
resonator technique. The measured doping levels of ~0.038, 0.047, 0.058,
0.074 and 0.10 range from underdoped to overdoped concentrations. The
measurements have shown that the density of carriers participating in
superconductivity decreases sharply in the underdoped regime, but the
penetration depth as a function of temperature exhibits a robust power law,
, for all measured dopings, with between 2 and
2.5. We discuss the implications of these results and possible interpretations
of such robust behavior
Effects of Disorder in FeSe : An Ab Initio Study
Using the coherent-potential approximation, we have studied the effects of
excess Fe, Se-deficiency, and substitutions of S, Te on Se sub-lattice and Co,
Ni and Cu on Fe sub-lattice in FeSe. Our results show that (i) a small amount
of excess Fe substantially disorders the Fe-derived bands while Se-deficiency
affects mainly the Se-derived bands, (ii) the substitution of S or Te enhances
the possibility of Fermi surface nesting, specially in FeSeTe,
in spite of disordering the Se-derived bands, (iii) the electron doping through
Co, Ni or Cu disorders the system and pushes down the Fe-derived bands, thereby
destroying the possibility of Fermi surface nesting. A comparison of these
results with the rigid-band, virtual-crystal and supercell approximations
reveals the importance of describing disorder with the coherent-potential
approximation.Comment: Redone VCA calculations, and some minor changes. (Accepted for
publication in Journal of Physics:Condensed Matter
A Twisted Ladder: relating the Fe superconductors to the high cuprates
We construct a 2-leg ladder model of an Fe-pnictide superconductor and
discuss its properties and relationship with the familiar 2-leg cuprate model.
Our results suggest that the underlying pairing mechanism for the Fe-pnictide
superconductors is similar to that for the cuprates.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
Electronic structure and possible pseudogap behavior in iron based superconductors
Starting from the simplified analytic model of electronic spectrum of iron -
pnictogen (chalcogen) high - temperature superconductors close to the Fermi
level, we discuss the influence of antiferromagneting (AFM)scattering both for
stoichiometric case and the region of possible short - range order AFM
fluctuations in doped compounds. Qualitative picture of the evolution of
electronic spectrum and Fermi surfaces (FS) for different dopings is presented,
with the aim of comparison with existing and future ARPES experiments. Both
electron and hole dopings are considered and possible pseudogap behavior
connected with partial FS "destruction" is demonstrated, explaining some recent
experiments.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, published versio
Magnetic fluctuations and itinerant ferromagnetism in two-dimensional systems with van Hove singularities
We use the quasistatic approach to analyze the criterion of ferromagnetism
for two-dimensional (2D) systems with the Fermi level near Van Hove
singularities (VHS) of the electronic spectrum. It is shown that the spectrum
of spin excitations (paramagnons) is positively defined when the interaction I
between electrons and paramagnons, which corresponds to the Hubbard on-site
repulsion U, is sufficiently large. The critical interactions I_c and U_c
remain finite at Van Hove filling and exceed considerably their values obtained
from the Stoner criterion due to incommensurate spin fluctuations which are
important near the ferromagnetic quantum phase transition. Combining the
quasistatic approximation and the equation-of -motion method for the Green
functions we obtain the results for the electronic self-energy to first order
in the inverse number of spin components.Comment: This is an extended version of the paper in Sov. Phys. JETP,
misprints are correcte
Identifying the pairing symmetry in the Sr2RuO4 superconductor
We have analyzed heat capacity and thermal conductivity measurements of
Sr2RuO4 in the normal and superconducting state and come to the conclusion that
an order parameter with nodal lines on the Fermi surface is required to account
for the observed low-temperature behavior. A gapped order parameter is
inconsistent with the reported thermodynamic and transport data. Guided by a
strongly peaked dynamical susceptibility along the diagonals of the Brillouin
zone in neutron scattering data, we suggest a spin-fluctuation mechanism that
would favor the pairing state with the gap maxima along the zone diagonals
(such as for a d_{xy} gap). The most plausible candidates are an odd parity,
spin-triplet, f-wave pairing state, or an even parity, spin-singlet, d-wave
state. Based on our analysis of possible pairing functions we propose
measurements of the ultrasound attenuation and thermal conductivity in the
magnetic field to further constrain the list of possible pairing states.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figures; updated list of references and extended
introduction; to appear in Phys. Rev. B (Oct. 2000
Striped antiferromagnetism and electronic structures of SrFeAsF and their implications
We investigate structural, magnetic, and electronic properties of SrFeAsF as
a new parent for superconductors using state-of-the-art density-functional
theory method. Calculated results show that striped antiferromagnetic order is
the magnetic ground state in the Fe layer and interlayer magnetic interaction
is tiny. Calculated As and Sr positions are in agreement with experiment. There
are only two uniaxially-dispersed bands near the Fermi level. The valent charge
is mainly in the Fe and F layers, and the magnetic moment is confined to the Fe
atoms. Inter-Fe-spin couplings is due to superexchange through As atoms. These
are useful to understanding the SrFeAsF and should have helpful implications to
doped samples.Comment: 5 pages with figures include
Droplet-like Fermi surfaces in the anti-ferromagnetic phase of EuFeAs, an Fe-pnictide superconductor parent compound
Using angle resolved photoemission it is shown that the low lying electronic
states of the iron pnictide parent compound EuFeAs are strongly
modified in the magnetically ordered, low temperature, orthorhombic state
compared to the tetragonal, paramagnetic case above the spin density wave
transition temperature. Back-folded bands, reflected in the orthorhombic/
anti-ferromagnetic Brillouin zone boundary hybridize strongly with the
non-folded states, leading to the opening of energy gaps. As a direct
consequence, the large Fermi surfaces of the tetragonal phase fragment, the low
temperature Fermi surface being comprised of small droplets, built up of
electron and hole-like sections. These high resolution ARPES data are therefore
in keeping with quantum oscillation and optical data from other undoped
pnictide parent compounds.Comment: 4 figures, 6 page
Microwave response of superconducting pnictides: extended scenario
We consider a two-band superconductor with relative phase between the
two order parameters as a model for the superconducting state in
ferropnictides. Within this model we calculate the microwave response and the
NMR relaxation rate. The influence of intra- and interband impurity scattering
beyond the Born and unitary limits is taken into account. We show that,
depending on the scattering rate, various types of power law temperature
dependencies of the magnetic field penetration depth and the NMR relaxation
rate at low temperatures may take place.Comment: 11 pages, 5 figure
Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy of the cuprate superconductors
This paper reviews the most recent ARPES results on the cuprate
superconductors and their insulating parent and sister compounds, with the
purpose of providing an updated summary of the extensive literature in this
field. The low energy excitations are discussed with emphasis on some of the
most relevant issues, such as the Fermi surface and remnant Fermi surface, the
superconducting gap, the pseudogap and d-wave-like dispersion, evidence of
electronic inhomogeneity and nano-scale phase separation, the emergence of
coherent quasiparticles through the superconducting transition, and many-body
effects in the one-particle spectral function due to the interaction of the
charge with magnetic and/or lattice degrees of freedom. The first part of the
paper introduces photoemission spectroscopy in the context of strongly
interacting systems, along with an update on the state-of-the-art
instrumentation. The second part provides a brief overview of the scientific
issues relevant to the investigation of the low energy electronic structure by
ARPES. The rest of the paper is devoted to the review of experimental results
from the cuprates and the discussion is organized along conceptual lines:
normal-state electronic structure, interlayer interaction, superconducting gap,
coherent superconducting peak, pseudogap, electron self energy and collective
modes. Within each topic, ARPES data from the various copper oxides are
presented.Comment: Reviews of Modern Physics, in press. A HIGH-QUALITY pdf file is
available at http://www.physics.ubc.ca/~damascel/RMP_ARPES.pd