Abstract
We investigate the effects of the √5×√5 Fe vacancy ordering on the orbital and magnetic order in (K,Tl,Cs)yFe 2-xSe2 using a three-orbital (t2g) tight-binding Hamiltonian with generalized Hubbard interactions. We find that vacancy order enhances electron correlations, resulting in the onset of a block antiferromagnetic phase with large moments at smaller interaction strengths. In addition, vacancy ordering modulates the kinetic energy differently for the three t2g orbitals. This results in a breaking of the degeneracy between the dxz and dyz orbitals on each Fe site, and the onset of orbital order. Consequently, we obtain a novel inverse relation between orbital polarization and the magnetic moment. We predict that a transition from high-spin to low-spin states accompanied by a crossover from orbitally-disordered to orbitally-ordered states will be driven by doping the parent compound with electrons, which can be verified by neutron scattering and soft x-ray measurements.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 155107 |
Journal | Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics |
Volume | 84 |
Issue number | 15 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 11 2011 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics