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 …

Interplay between magnetism and superconductivity in iron-chalcogenide superconductors: crystal growth and characterizations

J Wen, G Xu, G Gu, JM Tranquada… - Reports on progress in …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
In this review, we present a summary of 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 …

Charge-carrier localization induced by excess Fe in the superconductor

TJ Liu, X Ke, B Qian, J Hu, D Fobes, EK Vehstedt… - Physical Review B …, 2009 - APS
We have investigated the effect of Fe nonstoichiometry on properties of the Fe 1+ y (Te, Se)
superconductor system by means of resistivity, Hall coefficient, magnetic susceptibility, and …

Superconductivity in iron telluride thin films under tensile stress

Y Han, WY Li, LX Cao, XY Wang, B Xu, BR Zhao… - Physical review …, 2010 - APS
By realizing in thin films a tensile stress state, superconductivity of 13 K was introduced into
FeTe, a nonsuperconducting parent compound of the iron pnictides and chalcogenides, with …

Magnetic-crystallographic phase diagram of the superconducting parent compound FeTe

EE Rodriguez, C Stock, P Zajdel, KL Krycka… - Physical Review B …, 2011 - APS
Through neutron diffraction experiments, including spin-polarized measurements, we find a
collinear incommensurate spin-density wave with propagation vector k=[0.4481 (4) 0 1 2] at …

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CY Moon, HJ Choi - Physical review letters, 2010 - APS
Magnetic properties of iron chalcogenide superconducting materials are investigated using
density-functional calculations. We find that the stability of magnetic phases is very sensitive …

Physics and chemistry of layered chalcogenide superconductors

K Deguchi, Y Takano, Y Mizuguchi - Science and Technology of …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Structural and physical properties of layered chalcogenide superconductors are
summarized. In particular, we review the remarkable properties of the Fe-chalcogenide …

Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy of the Iron-Chalcogenide Superconductor : Strong Coupling Behavior and the Universality of Interband …

K Nakayama, T Sato, P Richard, T Kawahara… - Physical Review Letters, 2010 - APS
We have performed angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy of the iron-chalcogenide
superconductor Fe 1.03 Te 0.7 Se 0.3 to investigate the electronic structure relevant to …

Superconductivity, magnetism, and stoichiometry of single crystals of

R Hu, ES Bozin, JB Warren, C Petrovic - Physical Review B—Condensed …, 2009 - APS
We report synthesis of high-quality Fe 1+ y (Te 1− x S x) z single crystals and a
comprehensive study of structural, magnetic, and transport properties. We demonstrate the …

Spin Waves in the Magnetically Ordered Iron Chalcogenide

OJ Lipscombe, GF Chen, C Fang, TG Perring… - Physical review …, 2011 - APS
We use neutron scattering to show that spin waves in the iron chalcogenide Fe 1.05 Te
display novel dispersion clearly different from both the first principles density functional …