Purdue University

Department of Physics
Condensed Matter Seminar

Unified Paradigm for High Temperature Superconductors

Friday January 27, 2012

Refreshments are served at 3:00 p.m. in Physics room 242.

Jiangping Hu

Purdue University, Physics

http://www.physics.purdue.edu/people/faculty/hu.shtml

I will discuss the existence of strikingly identical paradigm  applicable to both cuprates and iron-based superconductors in understanding magnetism, superconductivity and the interplay between the two: the existence of short range antieferromagnetic exchange couplings and  the matching between pairing form factors in reciprocal space and Fermi surface topology are two key ingredients in achieving high superconducting transition temperature.   I will show  that curpates, ferropnictides and ferrochalcogenides are  three  examples favoring such a paradigm.  I will also discuss   experimental results that supporting the prediction and make new suggestions about distinguishing mechanisms based on strong coupling approaches from weak coupling approaches.  Finally, I will show such a paradigm can guide us to search for new high temperature superconductors.