Ferro-Orbital Ordering Transition in Iron Telluride Fe1+yTe
Journal Article
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· Physical Review Letters
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Fe1+yTe with y ≲ 0.05 exhibits a first-order phase transition on cooling to a state with a lowered structural symmetry, bicollinear antiferromagnetic order, and metallic conductivity, $$\textit{dρ/dT}$$ > 0. Here, we study samples with y = 0.09(1), where the frustration effects of the interstitial Fe decouple different orders, leading to a sequence of transitions. While the lattice distortion is closely followed by incommensurate magnetic order, the development of bicollinear order and metallic electronic coherence is uniquely associated with a separate hysteretic first-order transition, at a markedly lower temperature, to a phase with dramatically enhanced bond-order wave (BOW) order. In this work, the BOW state suggests ferro-orbital ordering, where electronic delocalization in ferromagnetic zigzag chains decreases local spin and results in metallic transport
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) and Spallation Neutron Source (SNS)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-98CH10886; AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 1156795
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1151405
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 18 Vol. 112; ISSN 0031-9007
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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