Dual Character of Magnetism in Ferropnictides: Insights from Optical Measurements

Details Dual Character of Magnetism in Ferropnictides: Insights from Optical Measurements Dual Character of Magnetism in Ferropnictides: Insights from Optical Measurements

2009-09-18

arxiv.org/abs/0909.3352v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

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We investigate the electronic structure of EuFe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ using optical spectroscopy and first-principles calculations. At low temperature we observe the evolution of \textit{two} gap-like features, one having a BCS mean-field behavior and another with strongly non-BCS behavior. Using band structure calculations, we identify the former with a spin-Peierls-like partial gap in $d_{yz}$ bands, and the latter with the transition across the large exchange gap in $d_{xz}/d_{xy}$ bands. Our results demonstrate that the antiferromagnetism in the ferropnictides is neither fully local nor fully itinerant, but contains elements of both.

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