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Title: Nonadiabatic coupling of the dynamical structure to the superconductivity in YSr2Cu2.75Mo0.25O7.54 and Sr2CuO3.3

Journal Article · · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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  1. Jozef Stefan Inst. (IJS), Ljubljana (Slovenia); Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States)
  2. Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China)
  4. Sorbonne Univ., Paris (France); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris (France)
  5. Aalto Univ., Otaniemi (Finland)
  6. Univ. Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
  7. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Parma (Italy)
  8. Stanford Univ., CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science (SIMES)
  9. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL)
  10. Jozef Stefan Inst. (IJS), Ljubljana (Slovenia)

A crucial issue in cuprates is the extent and mechanism of the coupling of the lattice to the electrons and the superconductivity. Here we report Cu K edge extended X-ray absorption fine structure measurements elucidating the internal quantum tunneling polaron (iqtp) component of the dynamical structure in two heavily overdoped superconducting cuprate compounds, tetragonal YSr2Cu2.75Mo0.25O7.54 with superconducting critical temperature, Tc = 84 K and hole density p = 0.3 to 0.5 per planar Cu, and the tetragonal phase of Sr2CuO3.3 with Tc = 95 K and p = 0.6. In YSr2Cu2.75Mo0.25O7.54 changes in the Cu-apical O two-site distribution reflect a sequential renormalization of the double-well potential of this site beginning at Tc, with the energy difference between the two minima increasing by ~6 meV between Tc and 52 K. Sr2CuO3.3 undergoes a radically larger transformation at Tc, >1-Å displacements of the apical O atoms. The principal feature of the dynamical structure underlying these transformations is the strongly anharmonic oscillation of the apical O atoms in a double-well potential that results in the observation of two distinct O sites whose Cu–O distances indicate different bonding modes and valence-charge distributions. The coupling of the superconductivity to the iqtp that originates in this nonadiabatic coupling between the electrons and lattice demonstrates an important role for the dynamical structure whereby pairing occurs even in a system where displacements of the atoms that are part of the transition are sufficiently large to alter the Fermi surface. The synchronization and dynamic coherence of the iqtps resulting from the strong interactions within a crystal would be expected to influence this process.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL); Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS); National Science Foundation (NSF); Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China (MOST); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515; 1928874
OSTI ID:
1755491
Journal Information:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 117, Issue 52; ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher:
National Academy of SciencesCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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