What is Magnetic C4 Phase?2017PRL_Frandsen
title: Local Orthorhombicity in the Magnetic C4 Phase of the Hole-Doped Iron-Arsenide
Superconductor Sr1 ? xNaxFe2As2
author: Benjamin A. Frandsen,1,2 Keith M. Taddei,3 Ming Yi,2 Alex Frano,2,4,* Zurab Guguchia,5 Rong Yu,6,7Qimiao Si,8 Daniel E. Bugaris,9 Ryan Stadel,10,9 Raymond Osborn,9 Stephan Rosenkranz,9 Omar Chmaissem,10,9 and Robert J. Birgeneau1,2,11
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.187001
3 NOVEMBER 2017
這篇文章報道的就具備magnetic C4 phase。幾乎所有的鐵基超導母體都具備結(jié)構(gòu)和磁性的伴生相變(結(jié)構(gòu)和磁性綁定),在高溫的時候,處于四方順磁相,而進入低溫之后,處于正交反鐵磁相。磁性相變溫度可能比結(jié)構(gòu)相變溫度略低一點點或者就是相同的。正交反鐵磁相因為其電子強烈的各向異性,被歸類到了向列相(nematic state),這個單詞是從液晶的描述語言中借用的。
下面描述magnetic C4 phase的由來。?,
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在2017年附近發(fā)現(xiàn),它們的磁性相具備四重的對稱性,在摻雜的小范圍變化下,這些體系隨著溫度下降發(fā)生接連相變:四方順磁→正交反鐵磁→四方反鐵磁。因為四重旋轉(zhuǎn)不變性,四方反鐵磁相被稱作磁性四重相(Magnetic C4 phase),與平常所說的magnetic C2 phase相對應。
C4與C2的差別明顯,C4的面外自旋重新指向且有兩個正交的SDW相干疊加,C2則僅選擇這些波矢其中一個。可以看https://www.nature.com/articles/nphys3629中的下圖,圖片配合文字很好理解,不再解釋。

Determining the microscopic nature of this surprising C4-symmetric phase is one of the major challenges in the field of iron pnictides!
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的溫度T-摻雜濃度x 相圖

Sr1?xNaxFe2As2, showing the paramagnetic tetragonal (P-T),
antiferromagnetic orthorhombic (AFM-O), antiferromagnetic
tetragonal (AFM-T), and superconducting (SC) phases. Adapted
from Ref. [8].
大約在100K附近發(fā)生結(jié)構(gòu)相變的證據(jù)。

of temperature for different fitting ranges. (a),(b) Results for
Sr0.71Na0.29Fe2As2 with fitting ranges of 60 ≤ r ≤ 80 ?
and 3.5 ≤ r ≤ 23.5 ?, respectively. The vertical dashed line
shows Ts. (c) The corresponding orthorhombicity for each fitting
range. (d)–(f) The equivalent results for Sr0.66Na0.34Fe2As2. The
higher-temperature vertical dashed line indicates Ts, the lowertemperature
line Tr.