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Main Authors: Li, Zilong, Ma, Xin, Wu, Siqi, Yuan, H. -Q., Dai, Jianhui, Cao, Chao
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.11228
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author Li, Zilong
Ma, Xin
Wu, Siqi
Yuan, H. -Q.
Dai, Jianhui
Cao, Chao
author_facet Li, Zilong
Ma, Xin
Wu, Siqi
Yuan, H. -Q.
Dai, Jianhui
Cao, Chao
contents Employing first-principles based calculations, we reexamined the high-pressure phases of the vacancy-ordered iron-selenides, i.e. A2Fe4Se5 phase. A magnetic transition from the block-spin antiferromagnetic phase to Neel-AM phase is observed under high pressure when the iron-vacancy order is preserved. The transition is first-order, driven by the collapse of c-axis and accompanied by an insulator-metal transition. In addition, the Neel-AM phase is a rare example of intrinsic altermagnetism that does not require ligand atoms nor supercell construction to break the spatial inversion or translational symmetry between the two spin sublattices, with a spin-splitting of the band structure as large as 300 meV. If the re-entrant superconducting phase of KyFe2-xSe2 under high pressure emerges from the Neel-AM normal state, an equal-spin triplet pairing would be naturally favored.
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spellingShingle Pressure Induced Altermagnetism in Layered Ternary Iron-Selenides
Li, Zilong
Ma, Xin
Wu, Siqi
Yuan, H. -Q.
Dai, Jianhui
Cao, Chao
Materials Science
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Superconductivity
Employing first-principles based calculations, we reexamined the high-pressure phases of the vacancy-ordered iron-selenides, i.e. A2Fe4Se5 phase. A magnetic transition from the block-spin antiferromagnetic phase to Neel-AM phase is observed under high pressure when the iron-vacancy order is preserved. The transition is first-order, driven by the collapse of c-axis and accompanied by an insulator-metal transition. In addition, the Neel-AM phase is a rare example of intrinsic altermagnetism that does not require ligand atoms nor supercell construction to break the spatial inversion or translational symmetry between the two spin sublattices, with a spin-splitting of the band structure as large as 300 meV. If the re-entrant superconducting phase of KyFe2-xSe2 under high pressure emerges from the Neel-AM normal state, an equal-spin triplet pairing would be naturally favored.
title Pressure Induced Altermagnetism in Layered Ternary Iron-Selenides
topic Materials Science
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Superconductivity
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.11228