Imaging the real space structure of the spin fluctuations in an iron-based superconductor

Shun Chi; Ramakrishna Aluru; Stephanie Grothe; A. Kreisel; Udai Raj Singh; Brian M. Andersen; W. N. Hardy; Ruixing Liang; D. A. Bonn; S. A. Burke; Peter Wahl

doi:10.1038/ncomms15996

Nature Communications (Jun 2017)

Imaging the real space structure of the spin fluctuations in an iron-based superconductor

Shun Chi,
Ramakrishna Aluru,
Stephanie Grothe,
A. Kreisel,
Udai Raj Singh,
Brian M. Andersen,
W. N. Hardy,
Ruixing Liang,
D. A. Bonn,
S. A. Burke,
Peter Wahl

Affiliations

Shun Chi: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia
Ramakrishna Aluru: SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews
Stephanie Grothe: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia
A. Kreisel: Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
Udai Raj Singh: Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung
Brian M. Andersen: Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
W. N. Hardy: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia
Ruixing Liang: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia
D. A. Bonn: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia
S. A. Burke: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia
Peter Wahl: SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15996
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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The knowledge of how spin fluctuations affect high-Tc superconductivity comes exclusively from neutron scattering. Here, Chi et al. establish characteristic excitation features of the spin fluctuations in real space from the scanning tunnelling spectra in an iron-based superconductor.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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