Unified Picture for Magnetic Correlations in Iron-Based Superconductors

作者:Yin Wei Guo*; Lee Chi Cheng; Ku Wei
来源:Physical Review Letters, 2010, 105(10): 107004.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.107004

摘要

The varying metallic antiferromagnetic correlations observed in iron-based superconductors are unified in a model consisting of both itinerant electrons and localized spins. The decisive factor is found to be the sensitive competition between the superexchange antiferromagnetism and the orbital-degenerate double-exchange ferromagnetism. Our results reveal the crucial role of Hund's rule coupling for the strongly correlated nature of the system and suggest that the iron-based superconductors are closer kin to manganites than cuprates in terms of their diverse magnetism and incoherent normal-state electron transport. This unified picture would be instrumental for exploring other exotic properties and the mechanism of superconductivity in this new class of superconductors.

  • 出版日期2010-9-2