Unconventional Charge Density Wave Order in the Pnictide Superconductor Ba(Ni1–xCox)2As2

Lee, Sangjun; de la Peña, Gilberto; Sun, Stella X. -L.; Mitrano, Matteo; Fang, Yizhi; Jang, Hoyoung; Lee, Jun -Sik; Eckberg, Chris; Campbell, Daniel; Collini, John; Paglione, Johnpierre; de Groot, F. M. F.; Abbamonte, Peter

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.122.147601

Title: Unconventional Charge Density Wave Order in the Pnictide Superconductor $Ba ({Ni}_{1 - x} {Co}_{x})_{2} {As}_{2}$

Abstract

Ba(Ni_1–xCo_x)₂As₂ is a structural homologue of the pnictide high temperature superconductor, Ba(Fe_1–xCo_x)₂As₂, in which the Fe atoms are replaced by Ni. Superconductivity is highly suppressed in this system, reaching a maximum T_c = 2.3 K, compared to 24 K in its iron-based cousin, and the origin of this T_c suppression is not known. Using x-ray scattering, we show that Ba(Ni_1–xCo_x)₂As₂ exhibits a unidirectional charge density wave (CDW) at its triclinic phase transition. The CDW is incommensurate, exhibits a sizable lattice distortion, and is accompanied by the appearance of α Fermi surface pockets in photoemission [B. Zhou et al., Phys. Rev. B 83, 035110 (2011)], suggesting it forms by an unconventional mechanism. Co doping suppresses the CDW, paralleling the behavior of antiferromagnetism in iron-based superconductors. Our study demonstrates that pnictide superconductors can exhibit competing CDW order, which may be the origin of T_c suppression in this system.

Authors:

Lee, Sangjun ^[1]; de la Peña, Gilberto ^[1]; Sun, Stella X. -L. ^[1]; Mitrano, Matteo ^[1]; Fang, Yizhi ^[1]; Jang, Hoyoung ^[2]; Lee, Jun -Sik ^[3]; Eckberg, Chris ^[4]; Campbell, Daniel ^[4]; Collini, John ^[4]; Paglione, Johnpierre ^[4]; de Groot, F. M. F. ^[5]; Abbamonte, Peter ^[1]

Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL (United States)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Pohang Accelerator Lab, Gyeongbuk (Republic of Korea)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
Utrecht Univ., Utrecht (Netherlands)

Publication Date:: Fri Apr 12 00:00:00 EDT 2019

Research Org.:: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1526465

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1506734; OSTI ID: 1958823

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-06ER46285; AC02-76SF00515; FA9550-14-1-0332; GBMF4542; GBMF4419

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 122; 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; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Charge density waves; Superconductivity; X-ray scattering; Pnictide superconductors; X-ray scattering, pnictide superconductors, charge density waves

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                    Lee, Sangjun, de la Peña, Gilberto, Sun, Stella X. -L., Mitrano, Matteo, Fang, Yizhi, Jang, Hoyoung, Lee, Jun -Sik, Eckberg, Chris, Campbell, Daniel, Collini, John, Paglione, Johnpierre, de Groot, F. M. F., and Abbamonte, Peter. Unconventional Charge Density Wave Order in the Pnictide Superconductor Ba(Ni1–xCox)2As2.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
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                    Lee, Sangjun, de la Peña, Gilberto, Sun, Stella X. -L., Mitrano, Matteo, Fang, Yizhi, Jang, Hoyoung, Lee, Jun -Sik, Eckberg, Chris, Campbell, Daniel, Collini, John, Paglione, Johnpierre, de Groot, F. M. F., & Abbamonte, Peter. Unconventional Charge Density Wave Order in the Pnictide Superconductor Ba(Ni1–xCox)2As2.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.122.147601

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                    Lee, Sangjun, de la Peña, Gilberto, Sun, Stella X. -L., Mitrano, Matteo, Fang, Yizhi, Jang, Hoyoung, Lee, Jun -Sik, Eckberg, Chris, Campbell, Daniel, Collini, John, Paglione, Johnpierre, de Groot, F. M. F., and Abbamonte, Peter. Fri .  
"Unconventional Charge Density Wave Order in the Pnictide Superconductor Ba(Ni1–xCox)2As2".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.122.147601.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1526465.

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@article{osti_1526465,

  title        = {Unconventional Charge Density Wave Order in the Pnictide Superconductor Ba(Ni1–xCox)2As2},

  author       = {Lee, Sangjun and de la Peña, Gilberto and Sun, Stella X. -L. and Mitrano, Matteo and Fang, Yizhi and Jang, Hoyoung and Lee, Jun -Sik and Eckberg, Chris and Campbell, Daniel and Collini, John and Paglione, Johnpierre and de Groot, F. M. F. and Abbamonte, Peter},

  abstractNote = {Ba(Ni1–xCox)2As2 is a structural homologue of the pnictide high temperature superconductor, Ba(Fe1–xCox)2As2, in which the Fe atoms are replaced by Ni. Superconductivity is highly suppressed in this system, reaching a maximum Tc = 2.3 K, compared to 24 K in its iron-based cousin, and the origin of this Tc suppression is not known. Using x-ray scattering, we show that Ba(Ni1–xCox)2As2 exhibits a unidirectional charge density wave (CDW) at its triclinic phase transition. The CDW is incommensurate, exhibits a sizable lattice distortion, and is accompanied by the appearance of α Fermi surface pockets in photoemission [B. Zhou et al., Phys. Rev. B 83, 035110 (2011)], suggesting it forms by an unconventional mechanism. Co doping suppresses the CDW, paralleling the behavior of antiferromagnetism in iron-based superconductors. Our study demonstrates that pnictide superconductors can exhibit competing CDW order, which may be the origin of Tc suppression in this system.},

  doi          = {10.1103/physrevlett.122.147601},

  journal      = {Physical Review Letters},

  number       = 14,

  volume       = 122,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Fri Apr 12 00:00:00 EDT 2019},

  month        = {Fri Apr 12 00:00:00 EDT 2019}

}

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Title: Unconventional Charge Density Wave Order in the Pnictide Superconductor Ba ( Ni 1 – x Co x ) 2 As 2

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