Preferred Spin Excitations in the Bilayer Iron-Based Superconductor $$CaK(Fe_{0.96}Ni_{0.04})_4As_4$$ with Spin-Vortex Crystal Order
Abstract
Spin-orbit coupling (SOC) is a key to understand the magnetically driven superconductivity in iron-based superconductors, where both local and itinerant electrons are present and the orbital angular momentum is not completely quenched. Here, we report a neutron scattering study on the bilayer compound CaK(Fe0.96Ni0.04)4As4 with superconductivity coexisting with a noncollinear spin-vortex crystal magnetic order that preserves the tetragonal symmetry of the Fe-Fe plane. In the superconducting state, two spin resonance modes with odd and even L symmetries due to the bilayer coupling are found similar to the undoped compound CaKFe4As4 but at lower energies. Polarization analysis reveals that the odd mode is c-axis polarized, and the low-energy spin anisotropy can persist to the paramagnetic phase at high temperature, which closely resembles other systems with in-plane collinear and c-axis biaxial magnetic orders. Overall, these results provide the missing piece of the puzzle on the SOC effect in iron-pnictide superconductors, and also establish a common picture of c-axis preferred magnetic excitations below Tc regardless of the details of magnetic pattern or lattice symmetry.
- Authors:
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China). Inst. of Physics. Beijing National Lab. for Condensed Matter Physics (BNLCP-CAS); University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (China)
- Univ. Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette (France). Laboratoire Léon Brillouin; Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), Saclay (France)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Peking Univ., Beijing (China). International Center for Quantum Materials
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble (France)
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Lucas Heights, NSW (Australia). Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering
- Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore (India); Homi Bhabha National Inst., Mumbai (India)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China). Inst. of Physics. Beijing National Lab. for Condensed Matter Physics (BNLCP-CAS); University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (China); Songshan Lake Materials Lab., Dongguan (China)
- Peking Univ., Beijing (China). International Center for Quantum Materials; Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing (China)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China). Inst. of Physics. Beijing National Lab. for Condensed Matter Physics (BNLCP-CAS); Songshan Lake Materials Lab., Dongguan (China)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division; National Key Research and Development Program of China; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1863280
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; 2020YFA0406003; 2018YFA0704200; 2018YFA0305602; 2017YFA0302900; 11822411; 11888101; 11874069; 11961160699; 11674406
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 128; Journal Issue: 13; 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; multiband superconductivity; spin dynamics; spin fluctuations; spin-orbit coupling; superconductivity; iron-based superconductors; superconductors; unconventional superconductors; inelastic neutron scattering; neutron scattering
Citation Formats
Liu, Chang, Bourges, Philippe, Sidis, Yvan, Xie, Tao, He, Guanghong, Bourdarot, Frédéric, Danilkin, Sergey, Ghosh, Haranath, Ghosh, Soumyadeep, Ma, Xiaoyan, Li, Shiliang, Li, Yuan, and Luo, Huiqian. Preferred Spin Excitations in the Bilayer Iron-Based Superconductor $CaK(Fe_{0.96}Ni_{0.04})_4As_4$ with Spin-Vortex Crystal Order. United States: N. p., 2022.
Web. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.128.137003.
Liu, Chang, Bourges, Philippe, Sidis, Yvan, Xie, Tao, He, Guanghong, Bourdarot, Frédéric, Danilkin, Sergey, Ghosh, Haranath, Ghosh, Soumyadeep, Ma, Xiaoyan, Li, Shiliang, Li, Yuan, & Luo, Huiqian. Preferred Spin Excitations in the Bilayer Iron-Based Superconductor $CaK(Fe_{0.96}Ni_{0.04})_4As_4$ with Spin-Vortex Crystal Order. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.128.137003
Liu, Chang, Bourges, Philippe, Sidis, Yvan, Xie, Tao, He, Guanghong, Bourdarot, Frédéric, Danilkin, Sergey, Ghosh, Haranath, Ghosh, Soumyadeep, Ma, Xiaoyan, Li, Shiliang, Li, Yuan, and Luo, Huiqian. Thu .
"Preferred Spin Excitations in the Bilayer Iron-Based Superconductor $CaK(Fe_{0.96}Ni_{0.04})_4As_4$ with Spin-Vortex Crystal Order". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.128.137003. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1863280.
@article{osti_1863280,
title = {Preferred Spin Excitations in the Bilayer Iron-Based Superconductor $CaK(Fe_{0.96}Ni_{0.04})_4As_4$ with Spin-Vortex Crystal Order},
author = {Liu, Chang and Bourges, Philippe and Sidis, Yvan and Xie, Tao and He, Guanghong and Bourdarot, Frédéric and Danilkin, Sergey and Ghosh, Haranath and Ghosh, Soumyadeep and Ma, Xiaoyan and Li, Shiliang and Li, Yuan and Luo, Huiqian},
abstractNote = {Spin-orbit coupling (SOC) is a key to understand the magnetically driven superconductivity in iron-based superconductors, where both local and itinerant electrons are present and the orbital angular momentum is not completely quenched. Here, we report a neutron scattering study on the bilayer compound CaK(Fe0.96Ni0.04)4As4 with superconductivity coexisting with a noncollinear spin-vortex crystal magnetic order that preserves the tetragonal symmetry of the Fe-Fe plane. In the superconducting state, two spin resonance modes with odd and even L symmetries due to the bilayer coupling are found similar to the undoped compound CaKFe4As4 but at lower energies. Polarization analysis reveals that the odd mode is c-axis polarized, and the low-energy spin anisotropy can persist to the paramagnetic phase at high temperature, which closely resembles other systems with in-plane collinear and c-axis biaxial magnetic orders. Overall, these results provide the missing piece of the puzzle on the SOC effect in iron-pnictide superconductors, and also establish a common picture of c-axis preferred magnetic excitations below Tc regardless of the details of magnetic pattern or lattice symmetry.},
doi = {10.1103/physrevlett.128.137003},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 13,
volume = 128,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Mar 31 00:00:00 EDT 2022},
month = {Thu Mar 31 00:00:00 EDT 2022}
}
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