Nematic Correlation Length in Iron-Based Superconductors Probed by Inelastic X-Ray Scattering
Abstract
Nematicity is ubiquitous in electronic phases of high-Tc superconductors, particularly in the Fe-based systems. We used inelastic x-ray scattering to extract the temperature-dependent nematic correlation length ξ from the anomalous softening of acoustic phonon modes in FeSe, underdoped Ba(Fe0.97Co0.03)2As2, and optimally doped Ba(Fe0.94Co0.06)2As2. In all cases, we find that ξ is well described by a power law (T-T0)-1/2 extending over a wide temperature range. Combined with the previously reported Curie-Weiss behavior of the nematic susceptibility, these results point to the mean-field character of the nematic transition, which we attribute to a sizable nematoelastic coupling that is likely detrimental to superconductivity.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States). Dept. of Physics
- Karlsruhe Inst. of Technology (KIT) (Germany)
- Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), Saclay (France). Lab. Léon Brillouin; Karlsruhe Inst. of Technology (KIT) (Germany)
- Inst. of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Wako (Japan)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
- Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States); Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1630285
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1635803; OSTI ID: 1694243; OSTI ID: 1842473
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357; SC0020045; SC0006939
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 124; Journal Issue: 15; 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; Acoustic phonons; Nematic phase transition; Structural phase transition; Superconducting phase transition; Iron-based superconductors; acoustic phonons; nematic phase transition; structural phase transition; superconducting phase transition; iron-based superconductors; Superconducting phase transitions
Citation Formats
Merritt, A. M., Weber, F., Casellan, J. -P., Wolf, Th., Ishikawa, D., Said, A. H., Alatas, A., Fernandes, R. M., Baron, A. Q. R., and Reznik, D. Nematic Correlation Length in Iron-Based Superconductors Probed by Inelastic X-Ray Scattering. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.157001.
Merritt, A. M., Weber, F., Casellan, J. -P., Wolf, Th., Ishikawa, D., Said, A. H., Alatas, A., Fernandes, R. M., Baron, A. Q. R., & Reznik, D. Nematic Correlation Length in Iron-Based Superconductors Probed by Inelastic X-Ray Scattering. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.157001
Merritt, A. M., Weber, F., Casellan, J. -P., Wolf, Th., Ishikawa, D., Said, A. H., Alatas, A., Fernandes, R. M., Baron, A. Q. R., and Reznik, D. Mon .
"Nematic Correlation Length in Iron-Based Superconductors Probed by Inelastic X-Ray Scattering". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.157001. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1630285.
@article{osti_1630285,
title = {Nematic Correlation Length in Iron-Based Superconductors Probed by Inelastic X-Ray Scattering},
author = {Merritt, A. M. and Weber, F. and Casellan, J. -P. and Wolf, Th. and Ishikawa, D. and Said, A. H. and Alatas, A. and Fernandes, R. M. and Baron, A. Q. R. and Reznik, D.},
abstractNote = {Nematicity is ubiquitous in electronic phases of high-Tc superconductors, particularly in the Fe-based systems. We used inelastic x-ray scattering to extract the temperature-dependent nematic correlation length ξ from the anomalous softening of acoustic phonon modes in FeSe, underdoped Ba(Fe0.97Co0.03)2As2, and optimally doped Ba(Fe0.94Co0.06)2As2. In all cases, we find that ξ is well described by a power law (T-T0)-1/2 extending over a wide temperature range. Combined with the previously reported Curie-Weiss behavior of the nematic susceptibility, these results point to the mean-field character of the nematic transition, which we attribute to a sizable nematoelastic coupling that is likely detrimental to superconductivity.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.157001},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 15,
volume = 124,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}
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