Friday, May 31, 2013

1305.7206 (T. Machida et al.)

Observation of isosceles triangular electronic structure around excess
iron atoms in Fe$_{1+δ}$Te
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T. Machida, K. Kogure, T. Kato, H. Nakamura, H. Takeya, T. Mochiku, S. Ooi, Y. Mizuguchi, Y. Takano, K. Hirata, H. Sakata
We present scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy studies around an individual excess Fe atom, working as a local perturbation, in the parent material of the iron-chalcogenide superconductor Fe$_{1+\delta}$Te. Spectroscopic imaging reveals a novel isosceles triangular electronic structure around the excess Fe atoms. Its spatial symmetry reects the underlying bicollinear antiferromagnetic spin state and the structural monoclinic symmetry. These findings provide important clues to understand the role of the excess Fe atoms, which complicate the understanding of the phenomena occurring in iron-chalcogenide materials.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1305.7206

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