Double-Q spin-density wave in iron arsenide superconductors
Abstract
Elucidating the nature of the magnetic ground state of iron-based superconductors is of paramount importance in unveiling the mechanism behind their high temperature superconductivity. Until recently, it was thought that superconductivity emerges only from an orthorhombic antiferromagnetic stripe phase, which can in principle be described in terms of either localized or itinerant spins. However, we recently reported that tetragonal symmetry is restored inside the magnetically ordered state of certain hole-doped compounds, revealing the existence of a new magnetic phase at compositions close to the onset of superconductivity. Here, we present Mossbauer data that show that half of the iron sites in this tetragonal phase are non-magnetic, establishing conclusively the existence of a novel magnetic ground state with a non-uniform magnetization that is inconsistent with localized spins. Instead, this state is naturally explained as the interference between two commensurate spin density waves, a rare example of collinear double-Q magnetic order. Finally, our results demonstrate the itinerant character of the magnetism of the iron pnictides, and the primary role played by magnetic degrees of freedom in determining their phase diagram.
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- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL (United States)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)
- Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL (United States)
- Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
- Ruhr-Univ. Bochum, Bochum (Germany); National Univ. of Science and Technology MISiS, Moscow (Russia)
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- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Materials Sciences and Engineering Division
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1356367
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nature Physics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 12; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 1745-2473
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group (NPG)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; magnetic properties and materials; superconducting properties and materials
Citation Formats
Allred, J. M., Taddei, K. M., Bugaris, D. E., Krogstad, M. J., Lapidus, S. H., Chung, D. Y., Claus, H., Kanatzidis, M. G., Brown, D. E., Kang, J., Fernandes, R. M., Eremin, I., Rosenkranz, S., Chmaissem, O., and Osborn, R. Double-Q spin-density wave in iron arsenide superconductors. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1038/NPHYS3629.
Allred, J. M., Taddei, K. M., Bugaris, D. E., Krogstad, M. J., Lapidus, S. H., Chung, D. Y., Claus, H., Kanatzidis, M. G., Brown, D. E., Kang, J., Fernandes, R. M., Eremin, I., Rosenkranz, S., Chmaissem, O., & Osborn, R. Double-Q spin-density wave in iron arsenide superconductors. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/NPHYS3629
Allred, J. M., Taddei, K. M., Bugaris, D. E., Krogstad, M. J., Lapidus, S. H., Chung, D. Y., Claus, H., Kanatzidis, M. G., Brown, D. E., Kang, J., Fernandes, R. M., Eremin, I., Rosenkranz, S., Chmaissem, O., and Osborn, R. Mon .
"Double-Q spin-density wave in iron arsenide superconductors". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/NPHYS3629. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1356367.
@article{osti_1356367,
title = {Double-Q spin-density wave in iron arsenide superconductors},
author = {Allred, J. M. and Taddei, K. M. and Bugaris, D. E. and Krogstad, M. J. and Lapidus, S. H. and Chung, D. Y. and Claus, H. and Kanatzidis, M. G. and Brown, D. E. and Kang, J. and Fernandes, R. M. and Eremin, I. and Rosenkranz, S. and Chmaissem, O. and Osborn, R.},
abstractNote = {Elucidating the nature of the magnetic ground state of iron-based superconductors is of paramount importance in unveiling the mechanism behind their high temperature superconductivity. Until recently, it was thought that superconductivity emerges only from an orthorhombic antiferromagnetic stripe phase, which can in principle be described in terms of either localized or itinerant spins. However, we recently reported that tetragonal symmetry is restored inside the magnetically ordered state of certain hole-doped compounds, revealing the existence of a new magnetic phase at compositions close to the onset of superconductivity. Here, we present Mossbauer data that show that half of the iron sites in this tetragonal phase are non-magnetic, establishing conclusively the existence of a novel magnetic ground state with a non-uniform magnetization that is inconsistent with localized spins. Instead, this state is naturally explained as the interference between two commensurate spin density waves, a rare example of collinear double-Q magnetic order. Finally, our results demonstrate the itinerant character of the magnetism of the iron pnictides, and the primary role played by magnetic degrees of freedom in determining their phase diagram.},
doi = {10.1038/NPHYS3629},
journal = {Nature Physics},
number = 5,
volume = 12,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jan 25 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Mon Jan 25 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}
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