Superconductivity in iron compounds

GR Stewart - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2011 - APS
Kamihara and coworkers' report of superconductivity at T c= 26 K in fluorine-doped
LaFeAsO inspired a worldwide effort to understand the nature of the superconductivity in this …

The puzzle of high temperature superconductivity in layered iron pnictides and chalcogenides

DC Johnston - Advances in Physics, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
The response of the worldwide scientific community to the discovery in 2008 of
superconductivity at T c= 26 K in the Fe-based compound LaFeAsO1− x F x has been very …

Antiferromagnetic order and spin dynamics in iron-based superconductors

P Dai - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2015 - APS
High-transition temperature (high-T c) superconductivity in the iron pnictides or
chalcogenides emerges from the suppression of the static antiferromagnetic order in their …

Coherence–incoherence crossover in the normal state of iron oxypnictides and importance of Hund's rule coupling

K Haule, G Kotliar - New journal of physics, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
A new class of high-temperature superconductors based on iron and arsenic was recently
discovered (Kamihara et al 2008 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130 3296), with the superconducting …

Magnetism in Fe-based superconductors

MD Lumsden, AD Christianson - Journal of Physics: Condensed …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
In this review, we present a summary of experimental studies of magnetism in Fe-based
superconductors. The doping dependent phase diagram shows strong similarities to the …

Pairing symmetry and pairing state in ferropnictides: Theoretical overview

II Mazin, J Schmalian - Physica C: Superconductivity, 2009 - Elsevier
We review the main ingredients for an unconventional pairing state in the ferropnictides, with
particular emphasis on interband pairing due to magnetic fluctuations. Summarizing the key …

Spin-orbital frustrations and anomalous metallic state in iron-pnictide superconductors

F Krüger, S Kumar, J Zaanen, J van den Brink - Physical Review B …, 2009 - APS
We develop an understanding of the anomalous metal state of the parent compounds of
recently discovered iron-based superconductors starting from a strong-coupling viewpoint …

Coexistence of Competing Antiferromagnetic and Superconducting Phases in the Underdoped Compound Using X-ray and Neutron Scattering …

DK Pratt, W Tian, A Kreyssig, JL Zarestky, S Nandi… - Physical Review Letters, 2009 - APS
Neutron and x-ray diffraction studies show that the simultaneous first-order transition to an
orthorhombic and antiferromagnetic (AFM) ordered state in BaF e 2 As 2 splits into two …

Superconductivity induced by Ni doping in BaFe2As2 single crystals

LJ Li, YK Luo, QB Wang, H Chen, Z Ren… - New Journal of …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
A series of 122 phase BaFe 2− x Ni x As 2 (x= 0, 0.055, 0.096, 0.18 and 0.23) single crystals
was grown by the self-flux method and a dome-like Ni doping dependence of the …

Coexistence of static magnetism and superconductivity in SmFeAsO1−xFx as revealed by muon spin rotation

AJ Drew, C Niedermayer, PJ Baker, FL Pratt… - Nature materials, 2009 - nature.com
The recent observation of superconductivity with critical temperatures (T c) up to 55 K in the
pnictide RFeAsO1− x F x, where R is a lanthanide, marks the first discovery of a non-copper …