Anomalous spectral weight transfer in the nematic state of iron-selenide superconductor

• 作者: C Cai L Chen M W Ma T T Han Y D Wang Y Zhang Yuan Li Z G Wang Z M Xin
• 来源期刊: 中国物理B（英文版）
• 关键词: nematic order superconductivity iron-based superconductors angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（7）
• 页码范围: 558-564
• 页数: 7页
• 语种: 英文
• DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/ab90ec

摘要

Nematic phase intertwines closely with high-Tc superconductivity in iron-based superconductors.Its mechanism,which is closely related to the pairing mechanism of superconductivity,still remains controversial.Comprehensive characterization of the electronic state reconstruction in the nematic phase is thus crucial.However,most experiments focus only on the reconstruction of band dispersions.Another important characteristic of electronic state,the spectral weight,has not been studied in details so far.Here,we studied the spectral weight transfer in the nematic phase of FeSe0.9S0.1 using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and in-situ detwinning technique.There are two elliptical electron pockets overlapping with each other orthogonally at the Brillouin zone comer.We found that,upon cooling,one electron pocket loses spectral weight and fades away,while the other electron pocket gains spectral weight and becomes pronounced.Our results show that the symmetry breaking of the electronic state is manifested by not only the anisotropic band dispersion but also the band-selective modulation of the spectral weight.Our observation completes our understanding of the nematic electronic state,and put strong constraints on the theoretical models.It further provides crucial clues to understand the gap anisotropy and orbital-selective pairing in iron-selenide superconductors.