Colloquium: The unexpected properties of alkali metal iron <?format ?>selenide superconductors

E Dagotto - Reviews of modern physics, 2013 - APS
The iron-based superconductors that contain FeAs layers as the fundamental building block
in the crystal structures have been rationalized in the past using ideas based on the Fermi …

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 …

Symmetry analysis of possible superconducting states in KFeSe superconductors

II Mazin - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and Materials …, 2011 - APS
A newly discovered family of Fe-based superconductors is isostructural with the so-called
122 family of Fe pnictides but has a qualitatively different do** state. Early experiments …

Magnetic Resonant Mode in the Low-Energy Spin-Excitation <?format ?>Spectrum of Superconducting Single Crystals

JT Park, G Friemel, Y Li, JH Kim, V Tsurkan… - Physical Review Letters, 2011 - APS
We have studied the low-energy spin-excitation spectrum of the single-crystalline Rb 2 Fe 4
Se 5 superconductor (T c= 32 K) by means of inelastic neutron scattering. In the …

Robustness of s-Wave Pairing in Electron-Overdoped A 1-y Fe 2-x Se 2 (A<? format?>=<? format?> K,​ Cs)

C Fang, YL Wu, R Thomale, BA Bernevig, J Hu - Physical Review X, 2011 - APS
Using self-consistent mean-field and functional renormalization-group approaches, we show
that s-wave pairing symmetry is robust in the heavily electron-doped iron chalcogenides A …

Stripes, spin resonance, and nodeless -wave pairing symmetry in FeSe-based layered superconductors

T Das, AV Balatsky - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and Materials …, 2011 - APS
We calculate RPA-BCS-based spin resonance spectra of the newly discovered iron-
selenide superconductor by using the two-orbital tight-binding model in a 1-Fe-unit cell. The …

Mott Transition in Modulated Lattices and Parent Insulator of Superconductors

R Yu, JX Zhu, Q Si - Physical Review Letters, 2011 - APS
The degree of electron correlations remains a central issue in the iron-based
superconductors. The parent iron pnictides are antiferromagnetic, and their bad-metal …

Effects of charge do** and constrained magnetization on the electronic structure of an FeSe monolayer

T Bazhirov, ML Cohen - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The electronic structural properties in the presence of constrained magnetization and a
charged background are studied for a monolayer of FeSe in non-magnetic, checkerboard …

Reciprocal-space structure and dispersion of the magnetic resonant mode in the superconducting phase of RbFeSe single crystals

G Friemel, JT Park, TA Maier, V Tsurkan, Y Li… - Physical Review B …, 2012 - APS
Inelastic neutron scattering is employed to study the reciprocal-space structure and
dispersion of magnetic excitations in the normal and superconducting states of single …

Block Spin Ground State and Three-Dimensionality of

C Cao, J Dai - Physical Review Letters, 2011 - APS
The magnetic properties and electronic structure of (K, Tl) y Fe 1.6 Se 2 is studied using first-
principles calculations. The ground state is checkerboard antiferromagnetically coupled …