Potential Lifshitz transition at optimal substitution in nematic pnictide Ba1−xSrxNi2As2

  • Dushyant M. Narayan
  • , Peipei Hao
  • , Rafal Kurleto
  • , Bryan S. Berggren
  • , A. Garrison Linn
  • , Christopher Eckberg
  • , Prathum Saraf
  • , John Collini
  • , Peter Zavalij
  • , Makoto Hashimoto
  • , Donghui Lu
  • , Rafael M. Fernandes
  • , Johnpierre Paglione
  • , Daniel S. Dessau

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Abstract

BaNi2As2 is a structural analog of the pnictide superconductor BaFe2As2, which, like the iron-based superconductors, hosts a variety of ordered phases including charge density waves (CDWs), electronic nematicity, and superconductivity. Upon isovalent Sr substitution on the Ba site, the charge and nematic orders are suppressed, followed by a sixfold enhancement of the superconducting transition temperature (Tc). To understand the mechanisms responsible for enhancement of Tc, we present high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) measurements of the Ba1−xSrxNi2As2 series, which agree well with our density functional theory (DFT) calculations throughout the substitution range. Analysis of our ARPES-validated DFT results indicates a Lifshitz transition and reasonably nested electron and hole Fermi pockets near optimal substitution where Tc is maximum. These nested pockets host Ni dxz/dyz orbital compositions, which we associate with the enhancement of nematic fluctuations, revealing unexpected connections to the iron-pnictide superconductors.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numbereadi4966
JournalScience Advances
Volume9
Issue number42
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023

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