Electronic nematicity in FeSe: a first-principles perspective

Abstract

Electronic nematicity is an important order in most iron-based superconductors, and FeSe represents a unique example, in which nematicity disentangles from spin ordering. It is commonly perceived that this property arises from strong electronic correlation, which can not be properly captured by density functional theory (DFT). Here, we show that by properly considering the paramagnetic condition and carefully searching the energy landscape with symmetry-preconditioned wavefunctions, two nematic solutions stand out at either the DFT+$U$ or hybrid functional level, both of which are lower in energy than the symmetric solution. The ground-state band structure and Fermi surface can be well compared with the recent experimental results. Symmetry analysis assigns these two new solutions to the $B_{1g}$ and $E_u$ irreducible representations of the D${}_{4h}$ point group. While the $B_{1g}$ Ising nematicity has been widely discussed in the context of vestigial stripe antiferromagnetic order, the two-component $E_u$ vector nematicity is beyond previous theoretical discussion. Distinct from the $B_{1g}$ order, the $E_u$ order features mixing of the Fe $d$-orbitals and inversion symmetry breaking, which lead to striking experimental consequences, e.g. missing of an electron pocket.

arXiv comment13 pages, 7 figures

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