Visualizing symmetry-breaking electronic orders in epitaxial Kagome magnet FeSn films

Zhang, Huimin; Oli, Basu Dev; Zou, Qiang; Guo, Xu; Wang, Zhengfei; Li, Lian

doi:10.1038/s41467-023-41831-4

Title: Visualizing symmetry-breaking electronic orders in epitaxial Kagome magnet FeSn films

Journal Article · 04 October 2023 · Nature Communications

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41831-4 · OSTI ID:2007557

Zhang, Huimin; Oli, Basu Dev; Zou, Qiang; Guo, Xu;

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Abstract Kagome lattice hosts a plethora of quantum states arising from the interplay of topology, spin-orbit coupling, and electron correlations. Here, we report symmetry-breaking electronic orders tunable by an applied magnetic field in a model Kagome magnet FeSn consisting of alternating stacks of two-dimensional Fe ₃ Sn Kagome and Sn ₂ honeycomb layers. On the Fe ₃ Sn layer terminated FeSn thin films epitaxially grown on SrTiO ₃ (111) substrates, we observe trimerization of the Kagome lattice using scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy, breaking its six-fold rotational symmetry while preserving the translational symmetry. Such a trimerized Kagome lattice shows an energy-dependent contrast reversal in dI/dV maps, which is significantly enhanced by bound states induced by Sn vacancy defects. This trimerized Kagome lattice also exhibits stripe modulations that are energy-dependent and tunable by an applied in-plane magnetic field, indicating symmetry-breaking nematicity from the entangled magnetic and charge degrees of freedom in antiferromagnet FeSn.

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Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

OSTI ID:: 2007557

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 14; ISSN 2041-1723

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Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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