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Title: Local Orthorhombicity in the Magnetic C 4 Phase of the Hole-Doped Iron-Arsenide Superconductor Sr 1 - x Na x Fe 2 As 2

Abstract

We report on temperature-dependent pair distribution function measurements of Sr1-xNaxFe2As2, an iron-based superconductor system that contains a magnetic phase with reentrant tetragonal symmetry, known as the magnetic C4 phase. Quantitative refinements indicate that the instantaneous local structure in the C4 phase comprises fluctuating orthorhombic regions with a length scale of ~2 nm, despite the tetragonal symmetry of the average static structure. Additionally, local orthorhombic fluctuations exist on a similar length scale at temperatures well into the paramagnetic tetragonal phase. These results highlight the exceptionally large nematic susceptibility of iron-based superconductors and have significant implications for the magnetic C4 phase and the neighboring C2 and superconducting phases.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [6];  [7];  [8];  [9];  [8];  [8];  [9];  [1]
  1. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
  2. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  3. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
  4. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA (United States)
  5. Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States)
  6. Renmin Univ. of China, Beijing (China); Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai (China)
  7. Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)
  8. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  9. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1411051
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1405561; OSTI ID: 1466707
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357; AC02-05CH11231; SC0018197; SC0012704; AC03-76SF008
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 119; Journal Issue: 18; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY

Citation Formats

Frandsen, Benjamin A., Taddei, Keith M., Yi, Ming, Frano, Alex, Guguchia, Zurab, Yu, Rong, Si, Qimiao, Bugaris, Daniel E., Stadel, Ryan, Osborn, Raymond, Rosenkranz, Stephan, Chmaissem, Omar, and Birgeneau, Robert J. Local Orthorhombicity in the Magnetic C4 Phase of the Hole-Doped Iron-Arsenide Superconductor Sr1-xNaxFe2As2. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.187001.
Frandsen, Benjamin A., Taddei, Keith M., Yi, Ming, Frano, Alex, Guguchia, Zurab, Yu, Rong, Si, Qimiao, Bugaris, Daniel E., Stadel, Ryan, Osborn, Raymond, Rosenkranz, Stephan, Chmaissem, Omar, & Birgeneau, Robert J. Local Orthorhombicity in the Magnetic C4 Phase of the Hole-Doped Iron-Arsenide Superconductor Sr1-xNaxFe2As2. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.187001
Frandsen, Benjamin A., Taddei, Keith M., Yi, Ming, Frano, Alex, Guguchia, Zurab, Yu, Rong, Si, Qimiao, Bugaris, Daniel E., Stadel, Ryan, Osborn, Raymond, Rosenkranz, Stephan, Chmaissem, Omar, and Birgeneau, Robert J. Mon . "Local Orthorhombicity in the Magnetic C4 Phase of the Hole-Doped Iron-Arsenide Superconductor Sr1-xNaxFe2As2". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.187001. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1411051.
@article{osti_1411051,
title = {Local Orthorhombicity in the Magnetic C4 Phase of the Hole-Doped Iron-Arsenide Superconductor Sr1-xNaxFe2As2},
author = {Frandsen, Benjamin A. and Taddei, Keith M. and Yi, Ming and Frano, Alex and Guguchia, Zurab and Yu, Rong and Si, Qimiao and Bugaris, Daniel E. and Stadel, Ryan and Osborn, Raymond and Rosenkranz, Stephan and Chmaissem, Omar and Birgeneau, Robert J.},
abstractNote = {We report on temperature-dependent pair distribution function measurements of Sr1-xNaxFe2As2, an iron-based superconductor system that contains a magnetic phase with reentrant tetragonal symmetry, known as the magnetic C4 phase. Quantitative refinements indicate that the instantaneous local structure in the C4 phase comprises fluctuating orthorhombic regions with a length scale of ~2 nm, despite the tetragonal symmetry of the average static structure. Additionally, local orthorhombic fluctuations exist on a similar length scale at temperatures well into the paramagnetic tetragonal phase. These results highlight the exceptionally large nematic susceptibility of iron-based superconductors and have significant implications for the magnetic C4 phase and the neighboring C2 and superconducting phases.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.187001},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 18,
volume = 119,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Oct 30 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Mon Oct 30 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}

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