Non-Fermi surface nesting driven commensurate magnetic ordering in Fe-doped Sr$_{\mathrm{2}}$RuO$_{\mathrm{4}}$.

ORAL

Abstract

Sr$_{\mathrm{2}}$RuO$_{\mathrm{4}}$, an unconventional superconductor, is known to possess an incommensurate spin density wave instability driven by Fermi surface nesting. Here we report a new static spin density wave ordering with a commensurate propagation vector \textbf{q}$_{\mathrm{c}}$ $=$ (0.25 0.25 0) in Fe-doped Sr$_{\mathrm{2}}$RuO$_{\mathrm{4}}$, despite that the magnetic fluctuations still persist at the incommensurate wave vectors \textbf{q}$_{\mathrm{ic}} \quad =$ (0.3 0.3 $L)$. First principles calculations show that Fe substitution barely changes the nesting vector of the Fermi surface, but leads to antiferromagnetic polarization in the nearest-neighbor Ru magnetic moments. Our results imply that in addition to the known incommensurate magnetic instability, Sr$_{\mathrm{2}}$RuO$_{\mathrm{4}}$ is also in proximity to a commensurate magnetic tendency that can be stabilized via tuning the local exchange interaction between Ru and dilute magnetic impurities.

Authors

  • M. Zhu

    Michigan State University

  • K.V. Shanavas

    University of Missouri

  • Y. Wang

    Tulane University

  • Tao Zou

    Michigan State University, Quantum condensed matter division, Oak Ridge National Lab

  • W.F. Sun

    Tulane University

  • W. Tian

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • vasile Garlea

    Quantum Condensed Matter Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Andrey Podlesnyak

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Lab

  • Masaaki Matsuda

    Oak Ridge National Lab, Quantum Condensed Matter Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Matthew Stone

    ORNL, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Quantum Condensed Matter Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • David Keavney

    Argonne National Laboratory, Advanced Photon Source

  • Zhiqiang Mao

    Tulane University, Tulane Univ

  • David Singh

    University of Missouri, Univ of Missouri - Columbia

  • Xianglin Ke

    Michigan State University, Michigan State Univeristy, Michigan state University