Surprising loss of three-dimensionality in low-energy spin correlations on approaching superconductivity in Fe1+yTe1-xSex

Xu, Zhijun; Schneeloch, J. A.; Wen, Jinsheng; Winn, B. L.; Granroth, G. E.; Zhao, Yang; Gu, Genda; Zaliznyak, Igor; Tranquada, J. M.; Birgeneau, R. J.; Xu, Guangyong

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.96.134505

Title: Surprising loss of three-dimensionality in low-energy spin correlations on approaching superconductivity in ${Fe}_{1 + y} {Te}_{1 - x} {Se}_{x}$

Journal Article · Fri Oct 06 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Physical Review B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.96.134505· OSTI ID:1412663

Xu, Zhijun ^[1]; Schneeloch, J. A. ^[2]; Wen, Jinsheng ^[3]; Winn, B. L. ^[4]; Granroth, G. E. ^[5]; Zhao, Yang ^[6]; Gu, Genda ^[7]; Zaliznyak, Igor ^[7]; Tranquada, J. M. ^[7]; Birgeneau, R. J. ^[8]; Xu, Guangyong ^[9]

Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Dept.; National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States). Center for Neutron Research; Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering; Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Materials Science Division
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Dept.; Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States). Dept. of Physics
Nanjing Univ. (China). National Lab. of Solid State Microstructures and Dept. of Physics; Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Materials Science Division
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Quantum Condensed Matter Division
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Quantum Condensed Matter Division; Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Neutron Data Analysis and Visualization Division
National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States). Center for Neutron Research; Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Dept.
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Materials Science Division
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Dept.; National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States). Center for Neutron Research

We report inelastic neutron scattering measurements of low-energy (ω10 meV) magnetic excitations in the "11" system Fe_1+yTe_1-xSe_x. The spin correlations are two-dimensional (2D) in the superconducting samples at low temperature, but appear much more three-dimensional (3D) when the temperature rises well above Tc~15 K, with a clear increase of the (dynamic) spin correlation length perpendicular to the Fe planes. This behavior is extremely unusual; typically, the suppression of thermal fluctuations at low temperature would favor the enhancement of 3D correlations, or even ordering, and the reversion to 2D cannot be naturally explained when only the spin degree of freedom is considered. Our results suggest that the low temperature physics in the 11 system, in particular the evolution of low-energy spin excitations towards superconducting pairing, intrinsically involves changes in orbital correlations.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704; AC02-05CH11231; AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1412663

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1398296; OSTI ID: 1426556; OSTI ID: 1466706

Report Number(s):: BNL-114425-2017-JA; PRBMDO; R&D Project: PO010; KC0201060; TRN: US1800322

Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Vol. 96, Issue 13; ISSN 2469-9950

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Country of Publication:: United States

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