Electronic and Magnetic Anisotropies in FeSe Family of Iron-Based Superconductors

Chen, Tong; Yi, Ming; Dai, Pengcheng

doi:10.3389/fphy.2020.00314

Electronic and Magnetic Anisotropies in FeSe Family of Iron-Based Superconductors

Journal Article · Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Frontiers in Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2020.00314· OSTI ID:1773824

Chen, Tong ^[1]; Yi, Ming ^[2]; Dai, Pengcheng ^[2]

Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States); Rice University
Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)

Most parent compounds of iron-based superconductors (FeSCs) exhibit a tetragonal-to-orthorhombic lattice distortion below T_s associated with an electronic nematic phase that breaks the four-fold (C₄) rotational symmetry of the underlying lattice, and then forms collinear antiferromagnetic (AF) order below T_N (T_N ≤ T_s). Optimal superconductivity emerges upon suppression of the nematic and AF phases. FeSe, which also exhibits a nematic phase transition below T_s but becomes superconducting in the nematic phase without AF order, provides a unique platform to study the interplay amongst the nematic phase and superconductivity. In this review, we focus on the experiments done on uniaxial pressure detwinned single crystals of FeSe compared to other FeSCs and highlight the importance of understanding the electronic and magnetic anisotropy in elucidating the nature of unconventional superconductivity.

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Research Organization:: Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Robert A. Welch Foundation; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012311

OSTI ID:: 1773824

Journal Information:: Frontiers in Physics, Journal Name: Frontiers in Physics Vol. 8; ISSN 2296-424X

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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