40 research outputs found
Iron based superconductors: magnetism, superconductivity and electronic structure
Angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) reveals the features of the
electronic structure of quasi-two-dimensional crystals, which are crucial for
the formation of spin and charge ordering and determine the mechanisms of
electron-electron interaction, including the superconducting pairing. The newly
discovered iron based superconductors (FeSC) promise interesting physics that
stems, on one hand, from a coexistence of superconductivity and magnetism and,
on the other hand, from complex multi-band electronic structure. In this review
I want to give a simple introduction to the FeSC physics, and to advocate an
opinion that all the complexity of FeSC properties is encapsulated in their
electronic structure. For many compounds, this structure was determined in
numerous ARPES experiments and agrees reasonably well with the results of band
structure calculations. Nevertheless, the existing small differences may help
to understand the mechanisms of the magnetic ordering and superconducting
pairing in FeSC.Comment: Invited Revie
Excitonic BCS-BEC crossover at finite temperature: Effects of repulsion and electron-hole mass difference
The BCS to Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) crossover of electron-hole (e-h)
pairs in optically excited semiconductors is studied using the two-band Hubbard
model with both repulsive and attractive interactions. Applying the
self-consistent t-matrix approximation combined with a local approximation, we
examine the properties of a normal phase and an excitonic instability. The
transition temperature from the normal phase to an e-h pair condensed one is
studied to clarify the crossover from an e-h BCS-like state to an excitonic
Bose-Einstein condensation, which takes place on increasing the e-h attraction
strength. To investigate effects of the repulsive interaction and the e-h mass
difference, we calculate the transition temperature for various parameters of
the interaction strengths, the e-h particle density, and the mass difference.
While the transition temperature in the e-h BCS regime is sufficiently
suppressed by the repulsive interaction, that of the excitonic BEC is largely
insensitive to it. We also show quantitatively that in the whole regime the
mass difference leads to large suppression of the transition temperature.Comment: 8 pages, 7 figures, to be published in Phys. Rev.
Flat bands as a route to high-temperature superconductivity in graphite
Superconductivity is traditionally viewed as a low-temperature phenomenon.
Within the BCS theory this is understood to result from the fact that the
pairing of electrons takes place only close to the usually two-dimensional
Fermi surface residing at a finite chemical potential. Because of this, the
critical temperature is exponentially suppressed compared to the microscopic
energy scales. On the other hand, pairing electrons around a dispersionless
(flat) energy band leads to very strong superconductivity, with a mean-field
critical temperature linearly proportional to the microscopic coupling
constant. The prize to be paid is that flat bands can generally be generated
only on surfaces and interfaces, where high-temperature superconductivity would
show up. The flat-band character and the low dimensionality also mean that
despite the high critical temperature such a superconducting state would be
subject to strong fluctuations. Here we discuss the topological and
non-topological flat bands discussed in different systems, and show that
graphite is a good candidate for showing high-temperature flat-band interface
superconductivity.Comment: Submitted as a chapter to the book on "Basic Physics of
functionalized Graphite", 21 pages, 12 figure
Electronic Structure, Local Moments and Transport in Fe_2VAl
Local spin density approximation calculations are used to elucidate
electronic and magnetic properties of Heusler structure Fe_2VAl. The compound
is found to be a low carrier density semimetal. The Fermi surface has small
hole pockets derived from a triply degenerate Fe derived state at Gamma
compensated by an V derived electron pocket at the X point. The ideal compound
is found to be stable against ferromagnetism. Fe impurities on V sites,
however, behave as local moments. Because of the separation of the hole and
electron pockets the RKKY interaction between such local moments should be
rapidly oscillating on the scale of its decay, leading to the likelihood of
spin-glass behavior for moderate concentrations of Fe on V sites. These
features are discussed in relation to experimental observations of an unusual
insulating state in this compound.Comment: 16 pages, RevTeX, 5 figure
Pseudogap from ARPES experiment: three gaps in cuprates and topological superconductivity
A term first coined by Mott back in 1968 a `pseudogap' is the depletion of
the electronic density of states at the Fermi level, and pseudogaps have been
observed in many systems. However, since the discovery of the high temperature
superconductors (HTSC) in 1986, the central role attributed to the pseudogap in
these systems has meant that by many researchers now associate the term
pseudogap exclusively with the HTSC phenomenon. Recently, the problem has got a
lot of new attention with the rediscovery of two distinct energy scales
(`two-gap scenario') and charge density waves patterns in the cuprates. Despite
many excellent reviews on the pseudogap phenomenon in HTSC, published from its
very discovery up to now, the mechanism of the pseudogap and its relation to
superconductivity are still open questions. The present review represents a
contribution dealing with the pseudogap, focusing on results from angle
resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) and ends up with the conclusion
that the pseudogap in cuprates is a complex phenomenon which includes at least
three different `intertwined' orders: spin and charge density waves and
preformed pairs, which appears in different parts of the phase diagram. The
density waves in cuprates are competing to superconductivity for the electronic
states but, on the other hand, should drive the electronic structure to
vicinity of Lifshitz transition, that could be a key similarity between the
superconducting cuprates and iron based superconductors. One may also note that
since the pseudogap in cuprates has multiple origins there is no need to recoin
the term suggested by Mott.Comment: invited review, more info at http://www.imp.kiev.ua/~kor
Excitonic Correlations in the Intermetallic Fe2VAl
The intermetallic compound Fe2VAl looks non-metallic in transport and
strongly metallic in thermodynamic and photoemission data. It has in its band
structure a highly differentiated set of valence and conduction bands leading
to a semimetallic system with a very low density of carriers. The pseudogap
itself is due to interaction of Al states with the d orbitals of Fe and V, but
the resulting carriers have little Al character. The effects of generalized
gradient corrections to the local density band structure as well spin-orbit
coupling are shown to be significant, reducing the carrier density by a factor
of three. Doping of this nonmagnetic compound by 0.5 electrons per cell in a
virtual crystal fashion results in a moment of 0.5 bohr magnetons and destroys
the pseudogap. We assess the tendencies toward formation of an excitonic
condensate and toward an excitonic Wigner crystal, and find both to be
unlikely. We propose a model is which the observed properties result from
excitonic correlations arising from two interpenetrating lattices of
distinctive electrons (e_g on V) and holes (t_2g on Fe) of low density (one
carrier of each sign per 350 formula units).Comment: 8 2-column pages, 8 postscript figure
Dynamical charge susceptibility in layered cuprates: the influence of screened inter-site Coulomb repulsion
The analytical expression for dynamical charge susceptibility in layered
cuprates has been derived in the frame of singlet-correlated band model beyond
random-phase-approximation (RPA) scheme. Our calculations performed near
optimal doping regime show that there is a peak in real part of the charge
susceptibility at {\bf Q} = (, ) at strong
enough inter-site Coulomb repulsion. Together with the strong maximum in the Im
at 15 meV it confirms the formation of low-energetic
plasmons or charge fluctuations. This provides a jsutification that these
excitations are important and together with a spin flcutuations can contribute
to the Cooper pairing in layered cuprates. Analysing the charge susceptibilitiy
with respect to an instability we obtain a new plasmon branch, , along the Brillouin Zone. In particular, we have found that it goes to
zero near {\bf Q}
Flat bands in topological media
Topological media are systems whose properties are protected by topology and
thus are robust to deformations of the system. In topological insulators and
superconductors the bulk-surface and bulk-vortex correspondence gives rise to
the gapless Weyl, Dirac or Majorana fermions on the surface of the system and
inside vortex cores. Here we show that in gapless topological media, the
bulk-surface and bulk-vortex correspondence is more effective: it produces
topologically protected gapless fermions without dispersion -- the flat band.
Fermion zero modes forming the flat band are localized on the surface of
topological media with protected nodal lines and in the vortex core in systems
with topologically protected Fermi points (Weyl points). Flat band has an
extremely singular density of states, and we show that this property may give
rise in particular to surface superconductivity which could exist even at room
temperature.Comment: 9 pages, 5 figures, version to appear in JETP Letter
High - Temperature Superconductivity in Iron Based Layered Compounds
We present a review of basic experimental facts on the new class of high -
temperature superconductors - iron based layered compounds like REOFeAs
(RE=La,Ce,Nd,Pr,Sm...), AFe_2As_2 (A=Ba,Sr...), AFeAs (A=Li,...) and FeSe(Te).
We discuss electronic structure, including the role of correlations, spectrum
and role of collective excitations (phonons, spin waves), as well as the main
models, describing possible types of magnetic ordering and Cooper pairing in
these compounds.Comment: 43 pages, 30 figures, review talk on 90th anniversary of Physics
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Intensification of data processing and obtaining new information on multidimensional signals of the "electronic nose"
This study describes the ways to optimize the stage of processing multidimensional data of simulation systems with an integrated analytical signal such as an electronic nose. Programming models are presented in Exel tables for calculating additional parameters of the qualitative composition of a mixture of gases and vapors. Programming spreadsheets greatly simplifies the processing of the initial data of a set of sensors and allows you to quickly get new parameters to characterize the composition of the smell of samples. The formulas for calculating 4 additional characteristics are presented: identification parameters of sorption, kinetic parameter, sorption parameter for 3 sensors, mass fraction of components, mainly sorbed on each sensor in the array of electronic nose, and Pearson's similarity parameter for sets of these characteristics in order to compare the multi-component composition of the odor analyzed samples. The example of analyzing the smell of human skin shows the possibility of developing software for personal devices. The software includes the calculation of the characteristics of the proposed models and the visualization of their sets for easy perception by untrained users. The software allows you to quickly process data from the device, to present the possible causes of the deviation of the state from the average statistical norms. For a set of identification parameters of sorption, the boundaries of numerical values are defined, which characterize the normal functioning of the organism as a whole, individual organs and systems. When a calculated parameter enters these boundaries in the state diagram, it is colored green. The numerical limits of parameters and for anomalous states are determined. When the values of the calculated parameters fall into these intervals, on the state sphere, the zones of the corresponding parameters are colored yellow or red.So, untrained users easily perceive information without complex processing of multi-dimensional data