Format:
Online-Ressource (XI, 130 p. 43 illus., 24 illus. in color, online resource)
ISBN:
9783319011929
Series Statement:
Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research
Content:
This thesis combines highly accurate optical spectroscopy data on the recently discovered iron-based high-temperature superconductors with an incisive theoretical analysis. Three outstanding results are reported: (1) The superconductivity-induced modification of the far-infrared conductivity of an iron arsenide with minimal chemical disorder is quantitatively described by means of a strong-coupling theory for spin fluctuation mediated Cooper pairing. The formalism developed in this thesis also describes prior spectroscopic data on more disordered compounds. (2) The same materials exhibit a sharp superconductivity-induced anomaly for photon energies around 2.5 eV, two orders of magnitude larger than the superconducting energy gap. The author provides a qualitative interpretation of this unprecedented observation, which is based on the multiband nature of the superconducting state. (3) The thesis also develops a comprehensive description of a superconducting, yet optically transparent iron chalcogenide compound. The author shows that this highly unusual behavior can be explained as a result of the nanoscopic coexistence of insulating and superconducting phases, and he uses a combination of two complementary experimental methods - scanning near-field optical microscopy and low-energy muon spin rotation - to directly image the phase coexistence and quantitatively determine the phase composition. These data have important implications for the interpretation of data from other experimental probes
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Description based upon print version of record
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IntroductionIron-based superconductors -- Experimental and theoretical methods -- Results and discussion -- Summary.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783319011912
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Charnukha, Aliaksei Charge dynamics in 122 iron-based superconductors Cham : Springer, 2014 ISBN 9783319011912
Language:
English
Keywords:
Supraleiter
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Hochschulschrift
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-319-01192-9
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Author information:
Charnukha, Aliaksei
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