A Direct Probe of Electronic Nematic Order; Symmetry Information in Scanning Tunneling Microscope Images

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dc.creatorDoh, Hyeonjin
dc.creatorKee, Hae-Young
dc.date2007-03-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T08:10:30Z
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dc.descriptionAn electronic nematic state spontaneously breaks a point-group symmetry of an underlying lattice. As a result, the nematic-isotropic transition accompanies a Fermi surface distortion. However, the anisotropic nature of the nematic state at a macroscopic scale can be easily wiped out when domains of different orientations of nematic order exist. We suggest that a spatial pattern of local density of states (LDOS) in the presence of a non-magnetic impurity can be a direct probe of the nematic order. We study various patterns of LDOS across the quantum phase transition between the isotropic and nematic phases. Especially the Fourier transformed local density of states (FT-LDOS), which can be deduced from scanning tunneling microscope images, represent a transparent symmetry of an electronic structure. The application of our results to the bilayer ruthenate, Sr$_3$Ru$_2$O$_7$ is also discussed.
dc.description5 pages, 5 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0703036
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0703036
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. B 75, 233102 (2007)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevB.75.233102
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/131843
dc.subjectStrongly Correlated Electrons
dc.titleA Direct Probe of Electronic Nematic Order; Symmetry Information in Scanning Tunneling Microscope Images
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