Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and its application to topological materials

B Lv, T Qian, H Ding - Nature Reviews Physics, 2019 - nature.com
Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES)—an experimental technique based
on the photoelectric effect—is arguably the most powerful method for probing the electronic …

On the remarkable superconductivity of FeSe and its close cousins

A Kreisel, PJ Hirschfeld, BM Andersen - Symmetry, 2020 - mdpi.com
Emergent electronic phenomena in iron-based superconductors have been at the forefront
of condensed matter physics for more than a decade. Much has been learned about the …

Evidence for Majorana bound states in an iron-based superconductor

D Wang, L Kong, P Fan, H Chen, S Zhu, W Liu, L Cao… - Science, 2018 - science.org
The search for Majorana bound states (MBSs) has been fueled by the prospect of using their
non-Abelian statistics for robust quantum computation. Two-dimensional superconducting …

Observation of topological superconductivity on the surface of an iron-based superconductor

P Zhang, K Yaji, T Hashimoto, Y Ota, T Kondo… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Topological superconductors are predicted to host exotic Majorana states that obey non-
Abelian statistics and can be used to implement a topological quantum computer. Most of …

Multiple topological states in iron-based superconductors

P Zhang, Z Wang, X Wu, K Yaji, Y Ishida, Y Kohama… - Nature Physics, 2019 - nature.com
Topological materials and unconventional iron-based superconductors are both important
areas of study but, to date, relatively little overlap has been identified between these two …

Topological superconductivity on the surface of Fe-based superconductors

G Xu, B Lian, P Tang, XL Qi, SC Zhang - Physical review letters, 2016 - APS
As one of the simplest systems for realizing Majorana fermions, the topological
superconductor plays an important role in both condensed matter physics and quantum …

Evidence for dispersing 1D Majorana channels in an iron-based superconductor

Z Wang, JO Rodriguez, L Jiao, S Howard, M Graham… - Science, 2020 - science.org
The possible realization of Majorana fermions as quasiparticle excitations in condensed-
matter physics has created much excitement. Most studies have focused on Majorana bound …

Observation of a robust zero-energy bound state in iron-based superconductor Fe (Te, Se)

JX Yin, Z Wu, JH Wang, ZY Ye, J Gong, XY Hou… - Nature Physics, 2015 - nature.com
In superconductors, electrons are paired and condensed into the ground state. An impurity
can break the electron pairs into quasiparticles with energy states inside the …

Iron-based superconductors: Magnetism, superconductivity, and electronic structure

AA Kordyuk - Low temperature physics, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
Angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) reveals the features of the electronic
structure of quasi-two-dimensional crystals which are crucial for spin and charge ordering …

Spin-polarized Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states in an iron-based superconductor

D Wang, J Wiebe, R Zhong, G Gu, R Wiesendanger - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
Yu-Shiba-Rusinov (YSR) bound states appear when a magnetic atom interacts with a
superconductor. Here, we report on spin-resolved spectroscopic studies of YSR states …