Orbital magnetic response and the anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility in the Iron-based superconductors

Details Orbital magnetic response and the anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility in the Iron-based superconductors Orbital magnetic response and the anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility in the Iron-based superconductors

2011-03-05

arxiv.org/abs/1103.1056v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

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We propose that the orbital angular momentum of the conduction electrons in the Iron-based superconductors is activated in their low energy physics. Using a five-band tight-binding model derived from fitting the LDA band structure, we find that the orbital magnetic susceptibility of the conduction electrons in such a multi-orbital system is several times larger than the Pauli spin susceptibility and is comparable in magnitude to the observed total magnetic susceptibility. The orbital magnetic susceptibility in the Fe-As plane($\chi^{x}_{L}$) is found to be larger than that perpendicular to the Fe-As plane($\chi^{z}_{L}$) by a factor about two and the total magnetic susceptibility in the normal state can be fitted with formula $\chi(T,\theta)\approx \chi_{s}(T)+\chi_{L}(\theta)$, where $\chi_{s}(T)$ is the temperature dependent isotropic part due to spin and $\chi_{L}(\theta)$ is the temperature independent anisotropic part due to orbital. In the superconducting state, $\chi^{x}_{L}$ is found to be significantly reduced as the pairing gap develops, while $\chi^{z}_{L}$ is almost not affected by the superconducting transition. We argue the large anisotropy observed in the bulk magnetic susceptibility and the Knight shift in the Iron-based superconductors should be attributed to the orbital magnetic response of their conduction electrons.

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