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Ultrafast nematic-orbital excitation in FeSe
The electronic nematic phase is an unconventional state of matter that
spontaneously breaks the rotational symmetry of electrons. In
iron-pnictides/chalcogenides and cuprates, the nematic ordering and
fluctuations have been suggested to have as-yet-unconfirmed roles in
superconductivity. However, most studies have been conducted in thermal
equilibrium, where the dynamical property and excitation can be masked by the
coupling with the lattice. Here we use femtosecond optical pulse to perturb the
electronic nematic order in FeSe. Through time-, energy-, momentum- and
orbital-resolved photo-emission spectroscopy, we detect the ultrafast dynamics
of electronic nematicity. In the strong-excitation regime, through the
observation of Fermi surface anisotropy, we find a quick disappearance of the
nematicity followed by a heavily-damped oscillation. This short-life nematicity
oscillation is seemingly related to the imbalance of Fe 3dxz and dyz orbitals.
These phenomena show critical behavior as a function of pump fluence. Our
real-time observations reveal the nature of the electronic nematic excitation
instantly decoupled from the underlying lattice
Doping-dependence of nodal quasiparticle properties in high- cuprates studied by laser-excited angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy
We investigate the doping dependent low energy, low temperature ( = 5 K)
properties of nodal quasiparticles in the d-wave superconductor
BiSrCaCuO (Bi2212). By utilizing ultrahigh
resolution laser-excited angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, we obtain
precise band dispersions near , mean free paths and scattering rates
() of quasiparticles. For optimally and overdoped, we obtain very sharp
quasiparticle peaks of 8 meV and 6 meV full-width at half-maximum,
respectively, in accord with terahertz conductivity. For all doping levels, we
find the energy-dependence of , while () shows a monotonic increase from overdoping to underdoping. The doping
dependence suggests the role of electronic inhomogeneity on the nodal
quasiparticle scattering at low temperature (5 K \lsim 0.07T_{\rm c}),
pronounced in the underdoped region
Orbital-dependent modifications of electronic structure across magneto-structural transition in BaFe2As2
Laser angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) is employed to
investigate the temperature (T) dependence of the electronic structure in
BaFe2As2 across the magneto-structural transition at TN ~ 140 K. A drastic
transformation in Fermi surface (FS) shape across TN is observed, as expected
by first-principles band calculations. Polarization-dependent ARPES and band
calculations consistently indicate that the observed FSs at kz ~ pi in the
low-T antiferromagnetic (AF) state are dominated by the Fe3dzx orbital, leading
to the two-fold electronic structure. These results indicate that
magneto-structural transition in BaFe2As2 accompanies orbital-dependent
modifications in the electronic structure.Comment: 13 pages, 4 figures. accepted by Physical Review Letter
Bulk and surface-sensitive high-resolution photoemission study of Mott-Hubbard systems SrVO and CaVO
We study the electronic structure of Mott-Hubbard systems SrVO and
CaVO with bulk and surface-sensitive high-resolution photoemission
spectroscopy (PES), using a VUV laser, synchrotron radiation and a discharge
lamp ( = 7 - 21 eV). A systematic suppression of the density of states
(DOS) within 0.2 eV of the Fermi level () is found on decreasing
photon energy i.e. on increasing bulk sensitivity. The coherent band in
SrVO and CaVO is shown to consist of surface and bulk derived
features, separated in energy. The stronger distortion on surface of CaVO
compared to SrVO leads to higher surface metallicity in the coherent DOS
at , consistent with recent theory.Comment: 4 pages 5 figures (including 2 auxiliary figures); A complete
analysis of the spectra based on the surface and bulk analysis shows in
auxiliary figures Fig. A1 and A
Co-NMR Knight Shift of NaxCoO2 \dot yH2O Studied in Both Superconducting Regions of the Tc-nuQ3 Phase Diagram Divided by the Nonsuperconducting Phase
In the temperature (T)-nuQ3 phase diagram of NaxCoO2 \dot yH2O, there exist
two superconducting regions of nuQ3 separated by the nonsuperconducting region,
where nuQ3 is usually estimated from the peak position of the 59Co-NQR spectra
of the 5/2-7/2 transition and well-approximated here as nuQ3~3nuQ,nuQ being the
interaction energy between the nuclear quadrupole moment and the electric field
gradient. We have carried out measurements of the 59Co-NMR Knight shift (K) for
a single crystal in the higher-nuQ3 superconducting phase and found that K
begins to decrease with decreasing T at Tc for both magnetic field directions
parallel and perpendicular to CoO2-planes. The result indicates together with
the previous ones that the superconducting pairs are in the spin-singlet state
in both phases, excluding the possibility of the spin-triplet superconductivity
in this phase diagram. The superconductivity of this system spreads over the
wide nuQ3 regions, but is suppressed in the narrow region located at the middle
point of the region possibly due to charge instability.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures, submitted to J. Phys. Soc. Jp
Three-dimensional bulk band dispersion in polar BiTeI with giant Rashba-type spin splitting
In layered polar semiconductor BiTeI, giant Rashba-type spin-split band
dispersions show up due to the crystal structure asymmetry and the strong
spin-orbit interaction. Here we investigate the 3-dimensional (3D) bulk band
structures of BiTeI using the bulk-sensitive -dependent soft x-ray angle
resolved photoemission spectroscopy (SX-ARPES). The obtained band structure is
shown to be well reproducible by the first-principles calculations, with huge
spin splittings of meV at the conduction-band-minimum and
valence-band-maximum located in the plane. It provides the first
direct experimental evidence of the 3D Rashba-type spin splitting in a bulk
compound.Comment: 9 pages, 4 figure
A Possible Phase Transition in beta-pyrochlore Compounds
We investigate a lattice of interacting anharmonic oscillators by using a
mean field theory and exact diagonalization. We construct an effective
five-state hopping model with intersite repulsions as a model for
beta-pyrochlore AOs_2O_6(A=K, Rb or Cs). We obtain the first order phase
transition line from large to small oscillation amplitude phases as temperature
decreases. We also discuss the possibility of a phase with local electric
polarizations. Our theory can explain the origin of the mysterious first order
transition in KOs_2O_6.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, submitted to J. Phys. Soc. Jp
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