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Title: Interdependence of spin structure, anion height and electronic structure of BaFe{sub 2}As{sub 2}

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4946231· OSTI ID:22591333
 [1];  [2]
  1. Homi Bhabha National Institute, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai, 400094 (India)
  2. Indus Synchrotrons Utilization Division, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore, 452013 (India)

Superconducting as well as other electronic properties of Fe-based superconductors are quite sensitive to the structural parameters specially, on anion height which is intimately related to z{sub As}, the fractional z co-ordinate of As atom. Due to presence of strong magnetic fluctuation in these Fe-based superconductors, optimized structural parameters (lattice parameters a, b, c) including z{sub As} using density functional theory (DFT) under generalized gradient approximation (GGA) does not match experimental values accurately. In this work, we show that the optimized value of z{sub As} is strongly influenced by the spin structures in the orthorhombic phase of BaFe{sub 2}As{sub 2} system. We take all possible spin structures for the orthorhombic BaFe{sub 2}As{sub 2} system and then optimize z{sub As}. Using these optimized structures we calculate electronic structures like density of states, band structures etc., for each spin configurations. From these studies we show that the electronic structure, orbital order which is responsible for structural as well as related to nematic transition, are significantly influenced by the spin structures.

OSTI ID:
22591333
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1728, Issue 1; Conference: ICC 2015: International conference on condensed matter and applied physics, Bikaner (India), 30-31 Oct 2015; Other Information: (c) 2016 Author(s); Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English