Nematicity in Electron-Doped Iron-Pnictide Superconductors

Abstract

The nature of the nematicity in iron pnictides is studied with a proposed magnetic fluctuation. The spin-driven order in the iron-based superconductor has been realized in two categories: stripe SDW state and nematic state. The stripe SDW order opens a gap in the band structure and causes a deformed Fermi surface. The nematic order does not make any gap in the band structure and still deforms the Fermi surface. The electronic mechanism of nematicity is discussed in an effective model by solving the self-consistent Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations. The nematic order can be visualized as crisscross horizontal and vertical stripes. Both stripes have the same period with different magnitudes. The appearance of the orthorhombic magnetic fluctuations generates two uneven pairs of peaks at AEπ; 0 ðÞ and 0; AEπ ðÞ in its Fourier transformation. In addition, the nematic order breaks the degeneracy of d xz and d yz orbitals and causes the elliptic Fermi surface near the Γ point. The spatial image of the local density of states reveals a d x2-y2-symmetry form factor density wave.