Frustrated Ising charge correlations in the kagome metal ScV$_6$Sn$_6$

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Main Authors: Alvarado, S. J. Gomez, Pokharel, G., Ortiz, B. R., Paddison, Joseph A. M., Sarker, Suchismita, Ruff, J. P. C., Wilson, Stephen D.
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author Alvarado, S. J. Gomez
Pokharel, G.
Ortiz, B. R.
Paddison, Joseph A. M.
Sarker, Suchismita
Ruff, J. P. C.
Wilson, Stephen D.
author_facet Alvarado, S. J. Gomez
Pokharel, G.
Ortiz, B. R.
Paddison, Joseph A. M.
Sarker, Suchismita
Ruff, J. P. C.
Wilson, Stephen D.
contents Here we resolve the real-space nature of the high-temperature, short-range charge correlations in the kagome metal ScV$_6$Sn$_6$. Diffuse scattering appears along a frustrated wave vector $\textbf{q}_H=(\frac{1}{3},\frac{1}{3},\frac{1}{2})$ at temperatures far exceeding the charge order transition $T_{CO}=92~\mathrm{K}$, preempting long-range charge order with wave vectors along $\textbf{q}_{\bar{K}}=(\frac{1}{3},\frac{1}{3},\frac{1}{3})$. Using a combination of real space and reciprocal space analysis, we resolve the nature of the interactions between the primary out-of-plane Sc-Sn chain instability and the secondary strain-mediated distortion of the in-plane V kagome network. A minimal model of the diffuse scattering data reveals a high-temperature, short-ranged "zig-zag" phase of in-plane correlations that maps to a frustrated triangular lattice Ising model with antiferromagnetic interactions and provides a real-space understanding of the origin of frustrated charge order in this material.
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spellingShingle Frustrated Ising charge correlations in the kagome metal ScV$_6$Sn$_6$
Alvarado, S. J. Gomez
Pokharel, G.
Ortiz, B. R.
Paddison, Joseph A. M.
Sarker, Suchismita
Ruff, J. P. C.
Wilson, Stephen D.
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Here we resolve the real-space nature of the high-temperature, short-range charge correlations in the kagome metal ScV$_6$Sn$_6$. Diffuse scattering appears along a frustrated wave vector $\textbf{q}_H=(\frac{1}{3},\frac{1}{3},\frac{1}{2})$ at temperatures far exceeding the charge order transition $T_{CO}=92~\mathrm{K}$, preempting long-range charge order with wave vectors along $\textbf{q}_{\bar{K}}=(\frac{1}{3},\frac{1}{3},\frac{1}{3})$. Using a combination of real space and reciprocal space analysis, we resolve the nature of the interactions between the primary out-of-plane Sc-Sn chain instability and the secondary strain-mediated distortion of the in-plane V kagome network. A minimal model of the diffuse scattering data reveals a high-temperature, short-ranged "zig-zag" phase of in-plane correlations that maps to a frustrated triangular lattice Ising model with antiferromagnetic interactions and provides a real-space understanding of the origin of frustrated charge order in this material.
title Frustrated Ising charge correlations in the kagome metal ScV$_6$Sn$_6$
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.12099