Lifting ofxz/yzorbital degeneracy at the structural transition in detwinned FeSe

We study superconducting FeSe (Tc0.16em0ex=0.16em0ex90.16em0exK) exhibiting the tetragonal-orthorhombic structural transition (Tₛ0.16em0ex~0.16em0ex900.16em0exK) without any antiferromagnetic ordering, by utilizing angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. In the detwinned orthorhombic state, the energy position of the dyz orbital band at the Brillouin zone corner is 500.16em0exmeV higher than that of dxz, indicating the orbital order similar to the NaFeAs and BaFe₂As₂ families. Evidence of orbital order also appears in the hole bands at the Brillouin zone center. Precisely measured temperature dependence using strain-free samples shows that the onset of the orbital ordering (Tₒ) occurs very close to Tₛ, thus suggesting that the electronic nematicity above Tₛ is considerably weaker in FeSe compared to BaFe₂As₂ family.