Pnictides provide an opportunity to study the effects of quantum criticality in a multi-band high temperature superconductor. Quasiparticle mass divergence near optimal doping, observed in two major classes of high-temperature superconductors, pnictides and cuprates, is a direct experimental indicator of enhanced electronic interactions that accompany quantum criticality. Whether quasiparticles on all Fermi surface pockets in BaFe2(As1-xPx)2 are affected by quantum criticality is an open question, which specific heat measurements at high magnetic fields can directly address. Here we report specific heat measurements up to 35T in BaFe2(As1-xPx)2 over a broad doping range, 0.44 <= x <= 0.6. We observe saturation of C/T in the normal state at all dopings where superconductivity is fully suppressed. Our measurements demonstrate that quasiparticle mass increases towards optimal doping in multiple pockets, some of which exhibit even stronger mass enhancement than previously reported from quantum oscillations of a single pocket.
Within the framework of kinetic-energy-driven superconductivity, the asymmetric doping dependence of superconductivity between the hole- and electron-doped triangular-lattice superconductors has been studied. It is shown that although the superconducting transition temperature has a dome-shaped doping dependence for both the hole- and electron-doped triangular-lattice superconductors, superconductivity appears over a wide doping of range in the hole-doped case, while it only exists in a narrow range of the doping in the electron-doped side. Moreover, the maximum superconducting transition temp…
We present a comparative theoretical study of the effects of standard Anderson and magnetic disorders on the topological phases of two-dimensional Rashba spin-orbit coupled superconductors, with the initial state to be either topologically trivial or nontrivial. Using the self-consistent Born approximation approach, we show that the presence of Anderson disorders will drive a topological superconductor into a topologically trivial superconductor in the weak coupling limit. Even more strikingly, a topologically trivial superconductor can be driven into a topological superconductor upon diluted …
First-principle study of antimony doping effects on the iron-based superconductor CaFe(Sb$_{x}$As$_{1-x}$)$_{2}$
用第一性原理计算方法研究了铁基超导体CaFe（Sb $_{x}$ As $_{1-x}$）$_{2}$中的锑掺杂效应。计算结果表明，在链状As层中，Sb原子对As的取代比在FeAs层中更稳定。这个预测可以通过实验来检验。我们的结果表明，在新的112系统中只存在的链状As层中掺杂同系元素是导致临界温度升高的原因。我们讨论了锑掺杂对电子结构的影响。计算结果表明，在我们的框架内，掺锑前后的能带结构基本一致。
Charge doping-induced quasiparticle scattering in iron-pnictide superconductors as probed by vortex pinning
铁磷属元素化物超导体的电荷掺杂导致磁通涡旋的集体钉扎，而等价掺杂则不会。此外，磁通钉扎在电荷掺杂的化合物是一贯的平均自由程波动所引入的掺杂剂原子，允许提取的弹性准粒子散射率。等价掺杂的BaFe $_{2}$（As $_{1-x}$ P $_{x}$）$_{2}$中不存在掺杂剂原子的散射与该材料中低温渗透深度的线性温度依赖性的观察结果一致。
As a typical hole-doped cuprate superconductor, Bi 2 Sr 2 CaCu 2 O 8+δ (Bi2212) carrier doping is mostly determined by its oxygen content. Traditional doping methods can regulate its doping level within the range of hole doping. Here we report the first application of CaH 2 annealing method in regulating the doping level of Bi2212. By continuously controlling the anneal time, a series of differently doped samples can be obtained. The combined experimental results of x-ray diffraction, scanning transmission electron microscopy, resistance and Hall measurements demonstrate that the CaH 2 induced…
Motivated by recent work on strain-induced pseudo-magnetic fields in Dirac and Weyl semimetals, we analyze the possibility of analogous fields in two-dimensional nodal superconductors. We consider the prototypical case of a d-wave superconductor, a representative of the cuprate family, and find that the presence of weak strain leads to pseudo-magnetic fields and Landau quantization of Bogoliubov quasiparticles in the low-energy sector. A similar effect is induced by the presence of generic, weak doping gradients. In contrast to genuine magnetic fields in superconductors, the strain- and doping…
A new method to grow very high quality single crystals of the superconducting HgBa2CuO4+δ mercury cuprates is reported. The single crystals are platelet-shaped, with surfaces of high optical quality and good crystallographic properties. Annealing enables optimization of Tc up to Tcmax = 94 K. With adequate treatment, the doping level of the crystalline samples can be finely controlled in a wide under- and over-doped range. Complete structural characterization from single crystal X-ray diffraction data is given for the first time for different doping levels. The role of added gold on the doping…
We study the electronic instabilities of newly predicted Ni-based high-$T_c$ superconducting material La$_2$Ni$_2$Se$_2$O$_3$ based on the random phase approximation. Our calculations on the susceptibility indicate that the collinear antiferromagnetic state in the parental compound is induced by the perfect Fermi surface nesting. Our further calculations reveal that the ground states of the doped compound are the $s_{\pm}$- and $d_{xy}$-wave superconducting states driven by the antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations enhanced by the quasi-nestings. Interestingly, the $s$- and $d$-wave pairings occ…
By paying special attention to the fact that the doped holes induce deformation of CuO6 octahedrons (or CuO5 pyramids) in cuprate superconductors, we develop a non-rigid band theory treating doping-induced alterations of energy-band structures in copper oxide superconductors. Thanks to this theory, we obtain a complete picture of the doping-induced alteration in the electronic structure of La2CuO4, from the spin-disordered insulating phase to the metallic phase. We conclude that the Fermi surface structure of this cuprate in the underdoped region consists of Fermi pockets in the antinodal regi…
A family of titanium oxypnictide materials BaTi2Pn2O (Pn = pnictogen) becomes superconducting when a charge and/or spin density wave is suppressed. With hole doping, isovalent doping and pressure, a whole range of tuning parameters is available. We investigate how charge doping controls the superconducting transition temperature Tc. To this end, we use experimental crystal structure data to determine the electronic structure and Fermi surface evolution along the doping path. We show that a naive approach to calculating Tc via the density of states at the Fermi level and the McMillan formula sy…
Doping dependance of the spin resonance peak in bilayer high-$T_c$ superconductors
基于最近对双层Y $_{1-x}$ Ca $_{x}$ Ba $_2$ Cu $_3$ O $_y$超导体的实验研究，基于双层$t-J$模型，我们计算了双层系统中不同掺杂浓度下偶沟道和奇沟道的自旋磁化率.发现偶通道中的共振峰强度远弱于奇通道中的共振峰强度，且共振位置在较高的频率处。而这种差异随着掺杂的增加而减小，并且在深度过掺杂的样品中，两个通道中的共振峰的位置和幅度都非常相似。此外，在奇数通道的谐振频率被发现是线性的临界温度$T_c$，而谐振频率增加，掺杂减少在偶数通道，并趋于饱和，在欠掺杂的样品。我们详细阐述了费米面拓扑结构和d波超导的基础上的结果。
A comprehensive first principles study on the electronic topological transition in a number of 122 family of Fe based superconductors is presented. Doping as well as temperature driven Lifshitz transitions are found from first principles simulations in a variety of Fe based superconductors that are consistent with experimental findings. In all the studied compounds the Lifshitz transitions are consistently found to occur at a doping concentration where superconductivity is highest and magnetism disappears. Systematically, the Lifshitz transition occurs in the electron Fermi surfaces for hole d…
Experiments show that the Cooper pair transport in the insulator phase that forms at thin film superconductor to insulator transitions (SIT) is simply activated. This activated behavior depends on the microscopic factors that drive the localization of the Cooper pairs. To test proposed models, we investigated how a perturbation that weakens Cooper pair binding, magnetic impurity doping, affects the characteristic activation energy, $T_0$. The data show that $T_0$ decreases monotonically with doping in films tuned farther from the SIT and increases and peaks in films that are closer to the SIT …
One of the ultimate goals of the study of iron-based superconductors is to identify the common feature that produces the high critical temperature (Tc). In the early days, based on a weak-coupling viewpoint, the nesting between hole- and electron-like Fermi surfaces (FSs) leading to the so-called $s\pm$ state was considered to be one such key feature. However, this theory has faced a serious challenge ever since the discovery of alkali-metal-doped FeSe (AFS) superconductors, in which only electron-like FSs with a nodeless superconducting gap are observed. Several theories have been proposed, b…
Evolution of the specific-heat anomaly of the high-temperature superconductor YBa2Cu3O7 under influence of doping through application of pressure up to 10 GPa
Superconductivity in copper oxides emerges on doping holes or electrons into their Mott insulating parent compounds. The spin excitations are thought to be the mediating glue for the pairing in superconductivity. Here the momentum and doping dependence of the dynamical spin response in the electron-doped cuprate superconductors is studied based on the kinetic-energy-driven superconducting mechanism. It is shown that the dispersion of the low-energy spin excitations changes strongly upon electron doping, however, the hour-glass-shaped dispersion of the low-energy spin excitations appeared in th…
In-plane resistivity measurements as a function of temperature and magnetic field up to 35~T with precise orientation within the crystallographic $ac-$plane were used to study the upper critical field, $H_{c2}$, of the hole-doped iron-based superconductor Ba$_{1-x}$K$_x$Fe$_2$As$_2$. Compositions of the samples studied were spanning from underdoped $x=$0.17 ($T_c$=12~K) and $x$=0.22 ($T_c$=20~K), both in the coexistence range of stripe magnetism and superconductivity, though optimal doping $x$=0.39 ($T_c$=38.4~K), $x$=0.47 ($T_c$=37.2~K), to overdoped $x$=0.65 ($T_c$=22~K), $x$=0.83 ($T_c$=10~…
Doping Dependence of Hall Coefficient and Evolution of Coherent Electronic State in the Normal State of Fe-based Superconductor Ba$_{1-x}$K$_{x}$Fe$_{2}$As$_{2}$
研究了具有宽组成范围$0 \leq x \leq 0.55$的铁基超导体$_{x}$ $_{2}$的面内输运性质.我们表明，掺杂的霍尔系数的依赖性是很好地描述了由玻尔兹曼方程的两个带系统与刚性带近似。我们成功地推导出输运参数，这表明具有更大质量的空穴比电子更平滑地传导。此外，霍尔系数的温度变化表明，在低于$\sim100$ K，主要是在最佳和过掺杂区域的空穴带中的重准粒子的异常相干态的演变。我们认为，这种现象可以理解的角度分辨光电子能谱中观察到的伪峰结构。
Doping dependence of the vortex glass and sublimation transitions in the high-$T_{c}$ superconductor La$_{2-x}$Sr$_{x}$CuO$_{4}$ as determined from macroscopic measurements
磁化强度和交流磁化率测量用于表征高温铜酸盐超导体La $_{2-x}$ Sr $_{x}$ CuO $_{4}$在大范围的掺杂（0.075 $\leq x\leq$ 0.20）的混合相。研究了高磁场（垂直于$CuO_2$面施加8特斯拉）下的一级涡旋晶格相变线$H_{FOT}(T)$、上临界场$H_{c2}(T)$和第二峰$H_{sp}(T)$。我们的研究结果揭示了一个强大的掺杂依赖的磁相图，这主要可以解释与欠掺杂的各向异性增加。在我们的解释，第一阶涡晶格相变是由于升华（而不是熔化）的涡晶格成气体的煎饼涡，而第二个峰值是有关的过渡到一个更无序的涡玻璃态。
We study magnetotransport properties of the electron-doped superconductor Pr$_{2-x}$Ce$_x$CuO$_{4\pmδ}$ with $x$ = 0.14 in magnetic fields up to 92~T, and observe Shubnikov de-Haas magnetic quantum oscillations. The oscillations display a single frequency $F$=255$\pm$10~T, indicating a small Fermi pocket that is $\sim$~1\% of the two-dimensional Brillouin zone and consistent with a Fermi surface reconstructed from the large hole-like cylinder predicted for these layered materials. Despite the low nominal doping, all electronic properties including the effective mass and Hall effect are consist…
The newly discovered Kagome superconductors $A$V$_3$Sb$_5$ ($A$ = K, Rb, Cs) exhibit superconductivity, charge order, and band topology simultaneously. To explore the intricate interplay between the superconducting and charge orders, we investigate the doping evolution of superconductivity, charge-density-wave (CDW) order, and band topology in doped topological kagome superconductors Cs(V$_{1-x}$Ti$_x$)$_3$Sb$_5$ where the Ti-dopant introduces hole-like charge carriers. Despite the absence of the CDW phase transition in doped compounds even for the lowest doping level of $x=0.047$, the superco…
