Antiferroquadrupolar Order and Rotational Symmetry Breaking in a Generalized Bilinear-Biquadratic Model on a Square Lattice
Antiferroquadrupolar Order and Rotational Symmetry Breaking in a Generalized Bilinear-Biquadratic Model on a Square Lattice
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方格上广义双线性双二次模型中的反铁四极序和旋转对称性破缺
DOI:
10.1103/physrevlett.118.176401
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发表时间:
2017-04-25
影响因子:
8.6
通讯作者:
Si, Qimiao
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作者:
Lai, Hsin-Hua;Hu, Wen-Jun;Si, Qimiao
The magnetic and nematic properties of the iron chalcogenides have recently been the subject of intense interest. Motivated by the proposed antiferroquadrupolar and Ising-nematic orders for the bulk FeSe, we study the phase diagram of an S = 1 generalized bilinear-biquadratic model with multineighbor interactions. We find a large parameter regime for a (pi, 0) antiferroquadrupolar phase, showing how quantum fluctuations stabilize it by lifting an infinite degeneracy of certain semiclassical states. Evidence for this C-4-symmetry-breaking quadrupolar phase is also provided by an unbiased density matrix renormalization group analysis. We discuss the implications of our results for FeSe and related iron-based superconductors.