arXiv · 1507.03981
Optical evidence of broken C$_4$ symmetry across optimal doping in BaFe$_{2}$(As$_{1-x}$P$_x$)$_2$
Abstract
The isovalently doped high-$T_{\text{c}}$ superconductor BaFe$_2$(As$_{1-x}$P$_x$)$_2$ is characterized by a rich temperature-doping phase diagram, which includes structural, antiferromagnetic, and superconducting phase transitions. In this work, we use photomodulated reflectance at 1.5 eV to detect the onset of linear birefringence in the normal state, and by inference, the breaking of four-fold rotational (C$_4$) symmetry. We find that C$_4$ breaking takes place in the normal state over a range of $x$ that spans the optimal P concentration, unlike the line of orthorhombic-tetragonal and magnetic phase transitions, which terminates at, or just below, the optimal value of $x$.
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Eric Thewalt, J. P. Hinton, I. M. Hayes, T. Helm, D. H. Lee, James G. Analytis, J. Orenstein. 2015-07-14. Optical evidence of broken C$_4$ symmetry across optimal doping in BaFe$_{2}$(As$_{1-x}$P$_x$)$_2$. https://arxiv.org/abs/1507.03981
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