Nematicity in stripe ordered cuprates probed via resonant x-ray scattering
Abstract
We found that in underdoped cuprate superconductors, a rich competition occurs between superconductivity and charge density wave (CDW) order. Whether rotational symmetry-breaking (nematicity) occurs intrinsically and generically or as a consequence of other orders is under debate. Here, we employ resonant x-ray scattering in stripe-ordered superconductors (La,M)2CuO4 to probe the relationship between electronic nematicity of the Cu 3d orbitals, structure of the (La,M)2O2 layers, and CDW order. We find distinct temperature dependences for the structure of the (La,M)2O2 layers and the electronic nematicity of the CuO2 planes, with only the latter being enhanced by the onset of CDW order. Our results identify electronic nematicity as an order parameter that is distinct from a purely structural order parameter in underdoped striped cuprates.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Waterloo, ON (Canada)
- Leibniz Inst. for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW), Dresden (Germany)
- Canadian Light Sources, Inc., Saskatoon, SK (Canada)
- Univ. of Waterloo, ON (Canada); Canadian Inst. for Advanced Research, Toronto, ON (Canada); Perimeter Inst. for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, ON (Canada)
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Univ. Paris-Sud, Orsay (France)
- Univ. of Toronto, ON (Canada)
- Leibniz Inst. for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW), Dresden (Germany); Paris Lodron Univ., Salzburg (Austria)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1240593
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-111782-2016-JA
Journal ID: ISSN 0036-8075; R&D Project: PO010; KC0201060
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC00112704
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Science
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 351; Journal Issue: 6273; Journal ID: ISSN 0036-8075
- Publisher:
- AAAS
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
Citation Formats
Achkar, A. J., Zwiebler, M., McMahon, Christopher, He, F., Sutarto, R., Dijianto, Isaiah, Hao, Zhihao, Gingras, Michael J.P., Hucker, M., Gu, G. D., Revcolevschi, A., Zhang, H., Kim, Y. -J., Geck, J., and D. G. Hawthorn. Nematicity in stripe ordered cuprates probed via resonant x-ray scattering. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1126/science.aad1824.
Achkar, A. J., Zwiebler, M., McMahon, Christopher, He, F., Sutarto, R., Dijianto, Isaiah, Hao, Zhihao, Gingras, Michael J.P., Hucker, M., Gu, G. D., Revcolevschi, A., Zhang, H., Kim, Y. -J., Geck, J., & D. G. Hawthorn. Nematicity in stripe ordered cuprates probed via resonant x-ray scattering. United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aad1824
Achkar, A. J., Zwiebler, M., McMahon, Christopher, He, F., Sutarto, R., Dijianto, Isaiah, Hao, Zhihao, Gingras, Michael J.P., Hucker, M., Gu, G. D., Revcolevschi, A., Zhang, H., Kim, Y. -J., Geck, J., and D. G. Hawthorn. Fri .
"Nematicity in stripe ordered cuprates probed via resonant x-ray scattering". United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aad1824. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1240593.
@article{osti_1240593,
title = {Nematicity in stripe ordered cuprates probed via resonant x-ray scattering},
author = {Achkar, A. J. and Zwiebler, M. and McMahon, Christopher and He, F. and Sutarto, R. and Dijianto, Isaiah and Hao, Zhihao and Gingras, Michael J.P. and Hucker, M. and Gu, G. D. and Revcolevschi, A. and Zhang, H. and Kim, Y. -J. and Geck, J. and D. G. Hawthorn},
abstractNote = {We found that in underdoped cuprate superconductors, a rich competition occurs between superconductivity and charge density wave (CDW) order. Whether rotational symmetry-breaking (nematicity) occurs intrinsically and generically or as a consequence of other orders is under debate. Here, we employ resonant x-ray scattering in stripe-ordered superconductors (La,M)2CuO4 to probe the relationship between electronic nematicity of the Cu 3d orbitals, structure of the (La,M)2O2 layers, and CDW order. We find distinct temperature dependences for the structure of the (La,M)2O2 layers and the electronic nematicity of the CuO2 planes, with only the latter being enhanced by the onset of CDW order. Our results identify electronic nematicity as an order parameter that is distinct from a purely structural order parameter in underdoped striped cuprates.},
doi = {10.1126/science.aad1824},
journal = {Science},
number = 6273,
volume = 351,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Feb 05 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Fri Feb 05 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}
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