Quantitative characterization of short-range orthorhombic fluctuations in FeSe through pair distribution function analysis

Frandsen, Benjamin A.; Wang, Qisi; Wu, Shan; Zhao, Jun; Birgeneau, Robert J.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.100.020504

Title: Quantitative characterization of short-range orthorhombic fluctuations in FeSe through pair distribution function analysis

Journal Article · 11 July 2019 · Physical Review B

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.100.020504 · OSTI ID:1603520

^[1]; Wang, Qisi ^[2]; Wu, Shan ^[3]; Zhao, Jun ^[2]; Birgeneau, Robert J. ^[4]

Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Fudan Univ., Shanghai (China)
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Neutron and x-ray total scattering measurements have been performed on powder samples of the iron chalcogenide superconductor FeSe. Using pair distribution function analysis of the total scattering data to investigate short-range atomic correlations, we establish the existence of an instantaneous, local orthorhombic structural distortion attributable to nematic fluctuations that persists well into the high-temperature tetragonal phase, at least up to 300 K and likely to significantly higher temperatures. This short-range orthorhombic distortion is correlated over a length scale of about 1 nm at 300 K and grows to several nm as the temperature is lowered toward the long-range structural transition temperature. In the low-temperature nematic state, the local instantaneous structure exhibits an enhanced orthorhombic distortion relative to the average structure with a typical relaxation length of 3 nm. Finally, the quantitative characterization of these orthorhombic fluctuations sheds light on nematicity in this canonical iron-based superconductor.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; Shanghai Municipal Education Commission; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSFC); MOST of China

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1603520

Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Journal Name: Physical Review B Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 100; ISSN 2469-9950; ISSN PRBMDO

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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