Uniaxial strain control of spin-polarization in multicomponent nematic order of BaFe2As2

T. Kissikov; R. Sarkar; M. Lawson; B. T. Bush; E. I. Timmons; M. A. Tanatar; R. Prozorov; S. L. Bud'ko; P. C. Canfield; R. M. Fernandes; N. J. Curro

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03377-8

Uniaxial strain control of spin-polarization in multicomponent nematic order of BaFe₂As₂

T. Kissikov, R. Sarkar, M. Lawson, B. T. Bush, E. I. Timmons, M. A. Tanatar, R. Prozorov, S. L. Bud'ko, P. C. Canfield, R. M. Fernandes, N. J. Curro

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Abstract

The iron-based high temperature superconductors exhibit a rich phase diagram reflecting a complex interplay between spin, lattice, and orbital degrees of freedom. The nematic state observed in these compounds epitomizes this complexity, by entangling a real-space anisotropy in the spin fluctuation spectrum with ferro-orbital order and an orthorhombic lattice distortion. A subtle and less-explored facet of the interplay between these degrees of freedom arises from the sizable spin-orbit coupling present in these systems, which translates anisotropies in real space into anisotropies in spin space. We present nuclear magnetic resonance studies, which reveal that the magnetic fluctuation spectrum in the paramagnetic phase of BaFe₂As₂ acquires an anisotropic response in spin-space upon application of a tetragonal symmetry-breaking strain field. Our results unveil an internal spin structure of the nematic order parameter, indicating that electronic nematic materials may offer a route to magneto-mechanical control.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	1058
Journal	Nature communications
Volume	9
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03377-8
State	Published - Dec 1 2018

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Funding Information:
We thank A. Dioguardi, S. Kivelson, and I. Fisher for enlightening discussions, and P. Klavins, for assistance in the laboratory. The work at UC Davis was supported by the NSF under Grant No. DMR-1506961. R.M.F. is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences, under award number DE-SC0012336. R.S. was partially supported by the DFG through SFB 1143 for the project C02. Work done at Ames Lab (S.L.B., P.C.C, M.A.T., R.P., E.I.T.) was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Science, Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering. Ames Laboratory is operated for the U.S. Department of Energy by Iowa State University under Contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11358.

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Uniaxial strain control of spin-polarization in multicomponent nematic order of BaFe₂As₂. / Kissikov, T.; Sarkar, R.; Lawson, M.; Bush, B. T.; Timmons, E. I.; Tanatar, M. A.; Prozorov, R.; Bud'ko, S. L.; Canfield, P. C.; Fernandes, R. M.; Curro, N. J.

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