High-Tc Cuprate Superconductivity in a Nutshell

TL;DR

This paper reviews the development of high-Tc cuprate superconductivity research, highlighting the role of BCS theory and Volovik's approach in understanding quasiparticle properties, and discusses future research directions.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive survey of experimental and theoretical advances in high-Tc cuprate superconductivity and forecasts future research directions.

Findings

BCS theory semi-quantitatively explains high-Tc superconductivity

Volovik's approach effectively describes quasiparticle properties in vortex states

Survey of developments and future prospects in the field

Abstract

Since the discovery of high-Tc cuprate superconductivity in 1986 many new experimental techniques and theoretical concepts have been developed. In particular it was shown that the BCS theory of d-wave superconductivity describes semi-quantitatively the high-Tc superconductivity. Furthermore, it was demonstrated that Volovik's approach is extremely useful for finding the quasiparticle properties in the vortex state. Here we survey these developments and forecast future directions.