Resonant inelastic X-ray scattering

FMF de Groot, MW Haverkort, H Elnaggar… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) is a powerful technique that combines
spectroscopy and inelastic scattering to probe the electronic structure of materials. RIXS is …

Nematicity and nematic fluctuations in iron-based superconductors

AE Böhmer, JH Chu, S Lederer, M Yi - Nature Physics, 2022 - nature.com
The spontaneous reduction of rotational symmetry in a crystalline solid driven by an
electronic mechanism is referred to as electronic nematicity. This phenomenon—initially …

Spontaneous orbital polarization in the nematic phase of FeSe

CA Occhialini, JJ Sanchez, Q Song, G Fabbris… - Nature Materials, 2023 - nature.com
The origin of nematicity in FeSe remains a critical outstanding question towards
understanding unconventional superconductivity in proximity to nematic order. To …

Magnetic Field-Induced Spin Nematic Phase Up to Room Temperature in Epitaxial Antiferromagnetic FeTe Thin Films Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy

J Moon, Q Zou, H Zhang, OMJ van 't Erve, NG Combs… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Electronic nematicity, where strong correlations drive electrons to align in a way that lowers
the crystal symmetry, is ubiquitous among unconventional superconductors. Understanding …

Uniaxial pressure induced stripe order rotation in La1.88Sr0.12CuO4

Q Wang, K von Arx, DG Mazzone, S Mustafi… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Static stripe order is detrimental to superconductivity. Yet, it has been proposed that
transverse stripe fluctuations may enhance the inter-stripe Josephson coupling and thus …

Nematic Spin Correlations Pervading the Phase Diagram of

R Liu, W Zhang, Y Wei, Z Tao, TC Asmara, Y Li… - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
We use resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) at the Fe-L 3 edge to study the spin
excitations of uniaxial-strained and unstrained FeSe 1-x S x (0≤ x≤ 0.21) samples. The …

Cryogenic Digital Image Correlation as a Probe of Strain in Iron-Based Superconductors

Z Mo, C Li, W Zhang, C Liu, Y Sun, R Liu… - Chinese Physics …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Uniaxial strain is a powerful tuning parameter that can control symmetry and anisotropic
electronic properties in iron-based superconductors. However, accurately characterizing …

Nematic spectral signatures of the Hund's metal

L Fanfarillo, A Valli, M Capone - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
We show, by means of dynamical mean-field theory calculations, that the experimental
fingerprints of the nematic order in iron-based superconductors are intrinsically connected …

Evidence for nematic fluctuations in FeSe superconductor: a 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy study

S Hu, J Xue, X Wang, H Pang - Journal of Physics: Condensed …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
There has been controversy about the driving force of the nematic order in the FeSe
superconductor. Here, we present a detailed study of the 57 Fe Mössbauer spectra of FeSe …

Dispersionless orbital excitations in (Li, Fe) OHFeSe superconductors

Q **ao, W Zhang, TC Asmara, D Li, Q Li, S Zhang… - npj Quantum …, 2022 - nature.com
The superconducting critical temperature T c of intercalated iron-selenide superconductor
(Li, Fe) OHFeSe (FeSe11111) can be increased to 42 from 8 K of bulk FeSe. It shows …