Quasiparticle Interference in the Unconventional Metamagnetic Compound Sr${}_3$Ru${}_2$O${}_7$

Abstract

Quasiparticle interference (QPI) in spectroscopic imaging scanning tunneling microscopy provides a powerful method to detect orbital band structures and orbital ordering patterns in transition metal oxides. We use the $T$-matrix formalism to calculate the QPI spectra for the unconventional metamagnetic system of Sr${}_3$Ru${}_2$O${}_7$ with a $t_{2g}$-orbital band structure. A detailed tight-binding model is constructed accounting for features such as spin-orbit coupling, bilayer splitting, and the staggered rotation of the RuO octahedra. The band parameters are chosen by fitting the calculated Fermi surfaces with those measured in the angular-resolved photo-emission spectroscopy experiment. The calculated quasiparticle interference at zero magnetic field exhibits a hollow square-like feature arising from the nesting of the quasi-1d $d_{xz}$ and $d_{yz}$ orbital bands, in agreement with recent measurements by J. Lee {\it et al.} (Nature Physics {\bf 5}, 800 (2009)). Rotational symmetry breaking in the nematic metamagnetic state also manifests in the quasi-particle interference spectra.

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