Ingredients for the electronic nematic phase in FeSe revealed by its anisotropic optical response
Abstract
The origin of the anisotropy in physical quantities related to a symmetry-broken (nematic) electronic state is still very much debated in high-temperature superconductors. FeSe at ambient pressure undergoes a structural, tetragonal-to-orthorhombic phase transition at Ts ≃ 90 K without any magnetic ordering on further cooling, which leads to an ideal electronic nematicity. Our unprecedented optical results provide evidence that the low-energy excitation spectrum in the nematic phase is shaped by an important interplay of the anisotropic Drude weight and scattering rate. In the zero-frequency limit though, the temperature dependence of the anisotropic scattering rate plays the dominant role and, combined with the nematic order parameter as evinced from the high energy optical response, accounts for the anisotropic dc resistivity. In conclusion, this favors the scattering by anisotropic spin fluctuations as the prominent candidate in governing the properties of the nematic phase.
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- ETH - Zurich, Zurich (Switzerland)
- Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States); Karlsruhe Institute for Technology, Karlsruhe (Germany)
- Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1466330
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1468871
- Report Number(s):
- IS-J-9734
Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950; PRBMDO
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11358
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review B
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 98; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
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Chinotti, M., Pal, A., Degiorgi, L., Böhmer, A. E., and Canfield, P. C. Ingredients for the electronic nematic phase in FeSe revealed by its anisotropic optical response. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.98.094506.
Chinotti, M., Pal, A., Degiorgi, L., Böhmer, A. E., & Canfield, P. C. Ingredients for the electronic nematic phase in FeSe revealed by its anisotropic optical response. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.98.094506
Chinotti, M., Pal, A., Degiorgi, L., Böhmer, A. E., and Canfield, P. C. Thu .
"Ingredients for the electronic nematic phase in FeSe revealed by its anisotropic optical response". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.98.094506. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1466330.
@article{osti_1466330,
title = {Ingredients for the electronic nematic phase in FeSe revealed by its anisotropic optical response},
author = {Chinotti, M. and Pal, A. and Degiorgi, L. and Böhmer, A. E. and Canfield, P. C.},
abstractNote = {The origin of the anisotropy in physical quantities related to a symmetry-broken (nematic) electronic state is still very much debated in high-temperature superconductors. FeSe at ambient pressure undergoes a structural, tetragonal-to-orthorhombic phase transition at Ts ≃ 90 K without any magnetic ordering on further cooling, which leads to an ideal electronic nematicity. Our unprecedented optical results provide evidence that the low-energy excitation spectrum in the nematic phase is shaped by an important interplay of the anisotropic Drude weight and scattering rate. In the zero-frequency limit though, the temperature dependence of the anisotropic scattering rate plays the dominant role and, combined with the nematic order parameter as evinced from the high energy optical response, accounts for the anisotropic dc resistivity. In conclusion, this favors the scattering by anisotropic spin fluctuations as the prominent candidate in governing the properties of the nematic phase.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.98.094506},
journal = {Physical Review B},
number = 9,
volume = 98,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Sep 06 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Thu Sep 06 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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