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Real-space Observation of Unidirectional Charge Density Wave and Complex Structural Modulation in the Pnictide Superconductor Ba$_{1-x}$Sr$_x$Ni$_2$As$_2$

Authors :
Tian Qin
Ruixia Zhong
Weizheng Cao
Shiwei Shen
Chenhaoping Wen
Yanpeng Qi
Shichao Yan
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
arXiv, 2022.

Abstract

Here we use low-temperature and variable-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy to study the pnictide superconductor, Ba$_{1-x}$Sr$_x$Ni$_2$As$_2$. In the low-temperature phase (triclinic phase) of BaNi$_2$As$_2$, we observe the unidirectional charge density wave (CDW) with $Q$ = 1/3 on both the Ba and NiAs surfaces. On the NiAs surface of the triclinic BaNi$_2$As$_2$, there are structural-modulation-induced chain-like superstructures with distinct periodicities. In the high-temperature phase (tetragonal phase) of BaNi$_2$As$_2$, the NiAs surface appears as the periodic 1 by 2 superstructure. Interestingly, in the triclinic phase of Ba$_{0.5}$Sr$_{0.5}$Ni$_2$As$_2$, the unidirectional CDW is suppressed on both the Ba/Sr and NiAs surfaces, and the Sr substitution stabilizes the periodic 1 by 2 superstructure on the NiAs surface, which enhance the superconductivity in Ba$_{0.5}$Sr$_{0.5}$Ni$_2$As$_2$. Our results provide important microscopic insights for the interplay among the unidirectional CDW, structural modulation, and superconductivity in this class of pnictide superconductors.<br />Comment: 15 pages, 4 figures

Details

Database :
OpenAIRE
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....ddff71dbb40f6adb00dd7662e264c591
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2210.07528