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Title: Nematic Fluctuations in the Non-Superconducting Iron Pnictide BaFe1.9-xNi0.1CrxAs2

Abstract

The main driven force of the electronic nematic phase in iron-based superconductors is still under debate. Here, we report a comprehensive study on the nematic fluctuations in a non-superconducting iron pnictide system BaFe1.9-xNi0.1CrxAs2 by electronic transport, angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES), and inelastic neutron scattering (INS) measurements. Previous neutron diffraction and transport measurements suggested that the collinear antiferromagnetism persists to x = 0.8, with similar Néel temperature TN and structural transition temperature Ts around 32 K, but the charge carriers change from electron type to hole type around x = 0.5. In this study, we have found that the in-plane resistivity anisotropy also highly depends on the Cr dopings and the type of charge carriers. While ARPES measurements suggest possibly weak orbital anisotropy onset near Ts for both x = 0.05 and x = 0.5 compounds, INS experiments reveal clearly different onset temperatures of low-energy spin excitation anisotropy, which is likely related to the energy scale of spin nematicity. These results suggest that the interplay between the local spins on Fe atoms and the itinerant electrons on Fermi surfaces is crucial to the nematic fluctuations of iron pnictides, where the orbital degree of freedom may behave differently from the spin degreemore » of freedom, and the transport properties are intimately related to the spin dynamics.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [1];  [1];  [4];  [4];  [3];  [5];  [6];  [6];  [7];  [8];  [8];  [9];  [9];  [10];  [11];  [12]
  1. 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)
  2. Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States); Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
  3. Sun Yat-Sen Univ., Guangzhou (China)
  4. Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Lucas Heights, NSW (Australia). Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering
  5. Technische Univ. Munchen, Garching (Germany). Dept. Physik
  6. Comprehensive Research Organization for Science and Society, Tokai (Japan)
  7. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  8. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL)
  9. Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)
  10. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  11. 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 Laboratory, Guangdong (China)
  12. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China). Inst. of Physics. Beijing National Lab. for Condensed Matter Physics (BNLCP-CAS); Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Guangdong (China)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; National Key Research and Development Program of China; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); Chinese Academy of Sciences KC Wong Education Foundation; Beijing Natural Science Foundation; Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation; Robert A. Welch Foundation
OSTI Identifier:
1877045
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231; SC0012311; 2018YFA0704200; 2017YFA0303100; 2017YFA0302900; 11822411; 11961160699; 12061130200; XDB25000000; XDB07020300; GJTD-2020-01; JQ19002; 11904414; 12174454; 2021B1515120015; 2019YFA0705702; C-1839
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Frontiers in Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 2296-424X
Publisher:
Frontiers Research Foundation
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; iron-based superconductors; electronic nematic phase; nematic fluctuations; resistivity; spin excitations; orbital ordering; neutron scattering

Citation Formats

Gong, Dongliang, Yi, Ming, Wang, Meng, Xie, Tao, Zhang, Wenliang, Danilkin, Sergey, Deng, Guochu, Liu, Xinzhi, Park, Jitae T., Ikeuchi, Kazuhiko, Kamazawa, Kazuya, Mo, Sung-Kwan, Hashimoto, Makoto, Lu, Donghui, Zhang, Rui, Dai, Pengcheng, Birgeneau, Robert J., Li, Shiliang, and Luo, Huiqian. Nematic Fluctuations in the Non-Superconducting Iron Pnictide BaFe1.9-xNi0.1CrxAs2. United States: N. p., 2022. Web. doi:10.3389/fphy.2022.886459.
Gong, Dongliang, Yi, Ming, Wang, Meng, Xie, Tao, Zhang, Wenliang, Danilkin, Sergey, Deng, Guochu, Liu, Xinzhi, Park, Jitae T., Ikeuchi, Kazuhiko, Kamazawa, Kazuya, Mo, Sung-Kwan, Hashimoto, Makoto, Lu, Donghui, Zhang, Rui, Dai, Pengcheng, Birgeneau, Robert J., Li, Shiliang, & Luo, Huiqian. Nematic Fluctuations in the Non-Superconducting Iron Pnictide BaFe1.9-xNi0.1CrxAs2. United States. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2022.886459
Gong, Dongliang, Yi, Ming, Wang, Meng, Xie, Tao, Zhang, Wenliang, Danilkin, Sergey, Deng, Guochu, Liu, Xinzhi, Park, Jitae T., Ikeuchi, Kazuhiko, Kamazawa, Kazuya, Mo, Sung-Kwan, Hashimoto, Makoto, Lu, Donghui, Zhang, Rui, Dai, Pengcheng, Birgeneau, Robert J., Li, Shiliang, and Luo, Huiqian. Mon . "Nematic Fluctuations in the Non-Superconducting Iron Pnictide BaFe1.9-xNi0.1CrxAs2". United States. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2022.886459. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1877045.
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title = {Nematic Fluctuations in the Non-Superconducting Iron Pnictide BaFe1.9-xNi0.1CrxAs2},
author = {Gong, Dongliang and Yi, Ming and Wang, Meng and Xie, Tao and Zhang, Wenliang and Danilkin, Sergey and Deng, Guochu and Liu, Xinzhi and Park, Jitae T. and Ikeuchi, Kazuhiko and Kamazawa, Kazuya and Mo, Sung-Kwan and Hashimoto, Makoto and Lu, Donghui and Zhang, Rui and Dai, Pengcheng and Birgeneau, Robert J. and Li, Shiliang and Luo, Huiqian},
abstractNote = {The main driven force of the electronic nematic phase in iron-based superconductors is still under debate. Here, we report a comprehensive study on the nematic fluctuations in a non-superconducting iron pnictide system BaFe1.9-xNi0.1CrxAs2 by electronic transport, angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES), and inelastic neutron scattering (INS) measurements. Previous neutron diffraction and transport measurements suggested that the collinear antiferromagnetism persists to x = 0.8, with similar Néel temperature TN and structural transition temperature Ts around 32 K, but the charge carriers change from electron type to hole type around x = 0.5. In this study, we have found that the in-plane resistivity anisotropy also highly depends on the Cr dopings and the type of charge carriers. While ARPES measurements suggest possibly weak orbital anisotropy onset near Ts for both x = 0.05 and x = 0.5 compounds, INS experiments reveal clearly different onset temperatures of low-energy spin excitation anisotropy, which is likely related to the energy scale of spin nematicity. These results suggest that the interplay between the local spins on Fe atoms and the itinerant electrons on Fermi surfaces is crucial to the nematic fluctuations of iron pnictides, where the orbital degree of freedom may behave differently from the spin degree of freedom, and the transport properties are intimately related to the spin dynamics.},
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journal = {Frontiers in Physics},
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jun 13 00:00:00 EDT 2022},
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