Elasto-Raman scattering: arsenic optical phonon as a probe of nematicity in BaFeAs
arXiv:2110.06175 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.105.024518
Abstract
We report a Raman scattering study of nematic degrees of freedom in the iron-based superconductor parent compound BaFeAs under tunable uniaxial strain. We demonstrate that the polarization resolved arsenic (As) phonon intensity can be used to monitor the nematic order parameter as a function of both temperature and strain. At low temperature in the nematic ordered phase we use it to track the continuous and reversible orientation of nematic domains under variable strain. At higher temperature, the evolution of the As phonon intensity under strain reflects an enhanced nematic susceptibility close to the nematic transition . Its temperature dependence under strong strain follows qualitatively the expected behavior of an Ising order parameter under a symmetry breaking field. Our elasto-Raman study illustrates the interest of combining selective anisotropic strain with a symmetry resolved probe like Raman scattering. Elasto-Raman scattering can be applied to a wide variety of quantum materials where uniaxial strain tunes electronic orders.
14 pages (including appendix), 11 figures
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