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Nematic transitions in iron pnictide superconductors imaged with a quantum gas

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NATURE PHYSICS
卷 16, 期 5, 页码 514-+

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NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41567-020-0826-8

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  1. US Office of Naval Research (ONR) [N00014-17-1-2248]
  2. US Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences [DE-SC0019174]
  3. US Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences [DE-AC02-76SF00515]
  4. NSF [ECCS-1542152]
  5. Karel Urbanek Postdoctoral Fellowship
  6. Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation [GBMF3502]
  7. US Army Research Office (ARO) [W911NF1910392]
  8. NSF Graduate Research Fellowship [DGE-114747]
  9. Gabilan Stanford Graduate Fellowship
  10. Gerald J. Lieberman Fellowship
  11. U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) [W911NF1910392] Funding Source: U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)

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The Scanning Quantum Cryogenic Atom Microscope (SQCRAMscope) uses an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate to measure magnetic fields emanating from solid-state samples. The quantum sensor does so with unprecedented d.c. sensitivity at micrometre resolution, from room to cryogenic temperatures(1). An additional advantage of the SQCRAMscope is the preservation of optical access to the sample so that magnetometry imaging of, for example, electron transport may be performed in concert with other imaging techniques. Here, we apply this multimodal imaging capability to the study of nematicity in iron pnictide high-temperature superconductors, where the relationship between electronic and structural symmetry breaking resulting in a nematic phase is under debate(2). We combine the SQCRAMscope with an in situ microscope that measures optical birefringence near the surface. This enables simultaneous and spatially resolved detection of both bulk and near-surface manifestations of nematicity via transport and structural deformation channels, respectively. By performing local measurements of emergent resistivity anisotropy in iron pnictides, we observe sharp, nearly concurrent transport and structural transitions. More broadly, these measurements demonstrate the SQCRAMscope's ability to reveal important insights into the physics of complex quantum materials. A trapped quantum gas and optical microscopy are simultaneously employed to measure the nematicity of an iron-based superconductor. This demonstrates the potential of quantum gases to be used for scanning microscopy of quantum materials.

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