High-Tc Superconductivity near the Anion Height Instability in Fe-based Superconductors: Analysis of LaFeAsO$_{1-x}$H$_x$

Abstract

The isostructural transition in the tetragonal phase, with sizable change in the anion-height, is realized in heavily H-doped LaFeAsO and (La,P) co-doped CaFe$_2$As$_2$. In these compounds, the superconductivity with higher-Tc (40~50 K) is realized near the isostructural transition. To reveal the origin of the anion-height instability and its important role in realizing the higher-Tc state, we develop the orbital-spin fluctuation theory by including the vertex correction. It is found that the non-nematic orbital fluctuations, which induce the anion-height instability, can develop near the magnetic quantum critical point, in addition to the conventional nematic orbital fluctuations. The non-nematic orbital order triggers the isostructural transition, and its fluctuation would be a key ingredient to realize higher-Tc superconductivity of order 50 K.

7 pages, 7 figures, figure 4 (c) revised, to be published in PRL