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Title: Evolution from B2g Nematics to B1g Nematics in Heavily Hole-Doped Iron-Based Superconductors

Abstract

Recent experiments reported an unusual nematic behavior of heavily hole-doped pnictides AFe2As2, with alkali A = Rb, Cs. In contrast to the B2g nematic order of the parent AeFe2As2 compounds (with alkaline earth Ae = Sr, Ba), characterized by unequal nearest-neighbor Fe-Fe bonds, in the hole-doped systems nematic order is observed in the B1g channel, characterized by unequal next-nearest-neighbor Fe-Fe (diagonal Fe-As-Fe) bonds. In this Letter, using density functional theory, we attribute this behavior to the evolution of the magnetic ground state along the series Ae1–xAxFe2As2, from single stripes for small x to double stripes for large x. Our simulations using the reduced Stoner theory show that fluctuations of Fe moments are essential for the stability of the double-stripe configuration. Furthermore, we propose that the change in the nature of the magnetic ground state is responsible for the change in the symmetry of the vestigial nematic order that it supports.

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  1. Goethe Univ., Frankfurt (Germany)
  2. Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
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Research Org.:
Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1611768
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0012336
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 123; Journal Issue: 14; 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; Physics; Nematic order; Iron-based superconductors; Pnictides; Density functional theory

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Borisov, Vladislav, Fernandes, Rafael M., and Valentí, Roser. Evolution from B2g Nematics to B1g Nematics in Heavily Hole-Doped Iron-Based Superconductors. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.123.146402.
Borisov, Vladislav, Fernandes, Rafael M., & Valentí, Roser. Evolution from B2g Nematics to B1g Nematics in Heavily Hole-Doped Iron-Based Superconductors. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.123.146402
Borisov, Vladislav, Fernandes, Rafael M., and Valentí, Roser. Mon . "Evolution from B2g Nematics to B1g Nematics in Heavily Hole-Doped Iron-Based Superconductors". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.123.146402. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1611768.
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title = {Evolution from B2g Nematics to B1g Nematics in Heavily Hole-Doped Iron-Based Superconductors},
author = {Borisov, Vladislav and Fernandes, Rafael M. and Valentí, Roser},
abstractNote = {Recent experiments reported an unusual nematic behavior of heavily hole-doped pnictides AFe2As2, with alkali A = Rb, Cs. In contrast to the B2g nematic order of the parent AeFe2As2 compounds (with alkaline earth Ae = Sr, Ba), characterized by unequal nearest-neighbor Fe-Fe bonds, in the hole-doped systems nematic order is observed in the B1g channel, characterized by unequal next-nearest-neighbor Fe-Fe (diagonal Fe-As-Fe) bonds. In this Letter, using density functional theory, we attribute this behavior to the evolution of the magnetic ground state along the series Ae1–xAxFe2As2, from single stripes for small x to double stripes for large x. Our simulations using the reduced Stoner theory show that fluctuations of Fe moments are essential for the stability of the double-stripe configuration. Furthermore, we propose that the change in the nature of the magnetic ground state is responsible for the change in the symmetry of the vestigial nematic order that it supports.},
doi = {10.1103/physrevlett.123.146402},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 14,
volume = 123,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Sep 30 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Mon Sep 30 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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