Review of nuclear magnetic resonance studies on iron-based superconductors

TL;DR

This review summarizes NMR studies on various iron-based high-temperature superconductors, focusing on their structural, magnetic, and superconducting properties, highlighting the role of spin fluctuations and magnetic order in these materials.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of NMR findings across multiple iron-based superconductors, emphasizing the insights into their magnetic and electronic behaviors.

Findings

NMR reveals antiferromagnetic order in parent compounds.

Spin fluctuations are linked to superconductivity.

Structural transitions influence magnetic properties.

Abstract

The newly discovered iron-based superconductors have triggered renewed enormous research interest in the condensed matter physics community. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is a low-energy local probe for studying strongly correlated electrons, and particularly important for high-$T_{\rm C}$ superconductors. In this paper, we review NMR studies on the structural transition, antiferromagnetic order, spin fluctuations, and superconducting properties of several iron-based high-$T_{\rm C}$ superconductors, including LaFeAsO$_{1-x}$F$_x$, LaFeAsO$_{1-x}$, BaFe$_2$As$_2$, Ba$_{1-x}$K$_x$Fe$_2$As$_2$, Ca$_{0.23}$Na$_{0.67}$Fe$_2$As$_2$, BaFe$_2$(As$_{1-x}$P$_x$)$_2$, Ba(Fe$_{1-x}$Ru$_x$)$_2$As$_2$, Ba(Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_x$)$_2$As$_2$, Li$_{1+x}$FeAs, LiFe$_{1-x}$Co$_x$As, NaFeAs, NaFe$_{1-x}$Co$_x$As, K$_y$Fe$_{2-x}$Se$_2$, and (Tl,Rb)$_y$Fe$_{2-x}$Se$_2$.