Electron-phonon coupling as a mechanism for high-temperature superconductivity

1994 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 543-545 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. W. Fuller-Mora ◽  
S. A. Wolf ◽  
V. Z. Kresin
Author(s):  
Mingyang Du ◽  
Zihan Zhang ◽  
Hao Song ◽  
Hongyu Yu ◽  
Tian Cui ◽  
...  

For the metal hydride MoH11, more than 60% of the electron–phonon coupling (λ) is contributed by hydrogen which leads to a diminishing role of the umklapp phonons.


2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Reznik

Since conventional superconductivity is mediated by phonons, their role in the mechanism of high temperature superconductivity has been considered very early after the discovery of the cuprates. The initial consensus was that phonons could not produce transition temperatures near 100 K, and the main direction of research focused on nonphononic mechanisms. Subsequent work last reviewed by L. Pintschovius in 2005 showed that electron-phonon coupling in the cuprates is surprisingly strong for some phonons and its role is controversial. Experiments performed since then identified anomalous behavior of certain Cu–O bond-stretching phonons in cuprates as an important phenomenon that is somehow related to the mechanism of superconductivity. A particularly big advance was made in the study of dopedLa2CuO4. This work is reviewed here.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Anu Singh ◽  
Hempal Singh ◽  
Vinod Ashokan ◽  
B. D. Indu

The defect-induced anharmonic phonon-electron problem in high-temperature superconductors has been investigated with the help of double time thermodynamic electron and phonon Green’s function theory using a comprehensive Hamiltonian which includes the contribution due to unperturbed electrons and phonons, anharmonic phonons, impurities, and interactions of electrons and phonons. This formulation enables one to resolve the problem of electronic heat transport and equilibrium phenomenon in high-temperature superconductors in an amicable way. The problem of electronic heat capacity and electron-phonon problem has been taken up with special reference to the anharmonicity, defect concentration electron-phonon coupling, and temperature dependence.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuanhe Song ◽  
Zheng Chen ◽  
Qinghua Zhang ◽  
Haichao Xu ◽  
Xia Lou ◽  
...  

AbstractEnormous enhancement of superconducting pairing temperature (Tg) to 65 K in FeSe/SrTiO3 has made it a spotlight. Despite the effort of interfacial engineering, FeSe interfaced with TiOx remains the unique case in hosting high Tg, hindering a decisive understanding on the general mechanism and ways to further improving Tg. Here we constructed a new high-Tg interface, single-layer FeSe interfaced with FeOx-terminated LaFeO3. Large superconducting gap and diamagnetic response evidence that the superconducting pairing can emerge near 80 K, highest amongst all-known interfacial superconductors. Combining various techniques, we reveal interfacial charge transfer and strong interfacial electron-phonon coupling (EPC) in FeSe/LaFeO3, showing that the cooperative pairing mechanism works beyond FeSe-TiOx. Intriguingly, the stronger interfacial EPC than that in FeSe/SrTiO3 is likely induced by the stronger interfacial bonding in FeSe/LaFeO3, and can explain the higher Tg according to recent theoretical calculations, pointing out a workable route in designing new interfaces to achieve higher Tg.


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