Journal Article

Nematic Energy Scale and the Missing Electron Pocket in FeSe

Pfau, H., Ye, Z. R., Wu, H., He, Y., Yu, R., Shen, Z.-X., Lee, D.-H., Chen, T., Hashimoto, M., Zhang, Y., Birgeneau, R. J., Si, Q., Lu, D. H., Dai, Pengcheng, Yi, M.

2019

Overview

Superconductivity emerges in proximity to a nematic phase in most iron-based superconductors. It is therefore important to understand the impact of nematicity on the electronic structure. Orbital assignment and tracking across the nematic phase transition prove to be challenging due to the multiband nature of iron-based superconductors and twinning effects. Here, we report a detailed study of the electronic structure of fully detwinned FeSe across the nematic phase transition using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. We clearly observe a nematicity-driven band reconstruction involvingdxz,dyz, anddxyorbitals. The nematic energy scale betweendxzanddyzbands reaches a maximum of 50 meV at the Brillouin zone corner. We are also able to track thedxzelectron pocket across the nematic transition and explain its absence in the nematic state. Our comprehensive data of the electronic structure provide an accurate basis for theoretical models of the superconducting pairing in FeSe.

• Publisher: American Physical Society
• Subject: Brillouin zones / CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY / Crystal structure / Domains / Electron states / Electronic structure / Iron / Phase transitions / Photoelectric emission / Spectrum analysis / Superconductivity / Superconductors / Symmetry / Twinning