Using gap symmetry and structure to reveal the pairing mechanism in Fe-based superconductors

PJ Hirschfeld - Comptes Rendus Physique, 2016 - Elsevier
I review theoretical ideas and implications of experiments for the gap structure and symmetry
of the Fe-based superconductors. Unlike any other class of unconventional …

Ground state, collective mode, phase soliton and vortex in multiband superconductors

SZ Lin - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
This article reviews theoretical and experimental work on the novel physics in multiband
superconductors. Multiband superconductors are characterized by multiple superconducting …

Manifestations of nematic degrees of freedom in the magnetic, elastic, and superconducting properties of the iron pnictides

RM Fernandes, J Schmalian - Superconductor Science and …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate how emergent nematic order and nematic fluctuations affect several
macroscopic properties of both the normal and superconducting states of the iron pnictides …

state with broken time-reversal symmetry in Fe-based superconductors

S Maiti, AV Chubukov - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and Materials …, 2013 - APS
We analyze the evolution of the superconducting gap structure in strongly hole-doped Ba 1−
x K x Fe 2 As 2 between x= 1 and x∼ 0.4 (optimal do**). In the latter case, the pairing …

Space group symmetry, spin-orbit coupling, and the low-energy effective Hamiltonian for iron-based superconductors

V Cvetkovic, O Vafek - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and Materials …, 2013 - APS
We construct the symmetry adapted low-energy effective Hamiltonian for the electronic
states in the vicinity of the Fermi level in iron-based superconductors. We use Luttinger's …

Nematicity as a probe of superconducting pairing in iron-based superconductors

RM Fernandes, AJ Millis - Physical review letters, 2013 - APS
In several families of iron-based superconducting materials, ad-wave pairing instability may
compete with the leading s-wave instability. Here, we show that when both states have …

[HTML][HTML] Charge nematicity and electronic Raman scattering in iron-based superconductors

Y Gallais, I Paul - Comptes Rendus Physique, 2016 - Elsevier
We review the recent developments in electronic Raman scattering measurements of charge
nematic fluctuations in iron-based superconductors. A simple theoretical framework of a d …

Highly anisotropic superconducting gap near the nematic quantum critical point of FeSe1−xSx

PK Nag, K Scott, VS de Carvalho, JK Byland, X Yang… - Nature Physics, 2024 - nature.com
Nematic phases, in which electrons in a solid spontaneously break rotational symmetry
while preserving translational symmetry, exist in several families of unconventional …

Interpocket Pairing and Gap Symmetry in Fe-Based Superconductors<? format?> with Only Electron Pockets

M Khodas, AV Chubukov - Physical review letters, 2012 - APS
We analyze the pairing symmetry in Fe-based superconductors A Fe 2 Se 2 (A= K, Rb, Cs)
which contain only electron pockets. We argue that the pairing condensate in such systems …

Superconductivity from repulsive interaction

S Maiti, AV Chubukov - AIP Conference Proceedings, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
The BCS theory of superconductivity named electron-phonon interaction as a glue that
overcomes Coulomb repulsion and binds fermions into pairs which then condense and …