Using uniaxial strain combined with spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy, we visualize and manipulate the antiferromagnetic domain structure of Fe1+yTe, the parent compound of iron-based superconductors.
Kavai, M., Giannakis, I., Leshen, J., Friedman, J., Zajdel, P., Aynajian, P. Visualizing Uniaxial-strain Manipulation of Antiferromagnetic Domains in Fe1+YTe Using a Spin-polarized Scanning Tunneling Microscope. J. Vis. Exp. (145), e59203, doi:10.3791/59203 (2019).