Restoring interlayer Josephson coupling in by charge transfer melting of stripe order
Abstract
Here, we show that disruption of charge-density-wave (stripe) order by charge transfer excitation, enhances the superconducting phase rigidity in La1.885Ba0.115CuO4. Time-resolved resonant soft x-ray diffraction demonstrates that charge order melting is prompt following near-infrared photoexcitation whereas the crystal structure remains intact for moderate fluences. THz time-domain spectroscopy reveals that, for the first 2 ps following photoexcitation, a new Josephson plasma resonance edge, at higher frequency with respect to the equilibrium edge, is induced indicating enhanced superconducting interlayer coupling. Furthermore, the fluence dependence of the charge-order melting and the enhanced superconducting interlayer coupling are correlated with a saturation limit of ~0.5mJ/cm2. When using a combination of x-ray and optical spectroscopies we establish a hierarchy of timescales between enhanced superconductivity, melting of charge order, and rearrangement of the crystal structure.
- Authors:
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- Diamond Light Source, Didcot (United Kingdom); Max Planck Inst. for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg (Germany); Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom). Dept. of Physics
- Max Planck Inst. for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg (Germany) and Center for Free Electron Laser Science
- Diamond Light Source, Didcot (United Kingdom); Univ. of York (United Kingdom). Dept. of Physics
- Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom). Dept. of Physics
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). NSLS-II and Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Dept.
- Max Planck Inst. for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg (Germany) and Center for Free Electron Laser Science; Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom). Dept. of Physics
- Diamond Light Source, Didcot (United Kingdom)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1336140
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1259994
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-112614-2016-JA
Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950; PRBMDO; R&D Project: PO010; KC0201060
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC00112704
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review B
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 93; Journal Issue: 22; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
Citation Formats
Khanna, V., Mankowsky, R., Petrich, M., Bromberger, H., Cavill, S. A., Möhr-Vorobeva, E., Nicoletti, D., Laplace, Y., Gu, G. D., Hill, J. P., Först, M., Cavalleri, A., and Dhesi, S. S. Restoring interlayer Josephson coupling in La1.885Ba0.115CuO4 by charge transfer melting of stripe order. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.93.224522.
Khanna, V., Mankowsky, R., Petrich, M., Bromberger, H., Cavill, S. A., Möhr-Vorobeva, E., Nicoletti, D., Laplace, Y., Gu, G. D., Hill, J. P., Först, M., Cavalleri, A., & Dhesi, S. S. Restoring interlayer Josephson coupling in La1.885Ba0.115CuO4 by charge transfer melting of stripe order. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.224522
Khanna, V., Mankowsky, R., Petrich, M., Bromberger, H., Cavill, S. A., Möhr-Vorobeva, E., Nicoletti, D., Laplace, Y., Gu, G. D., Hill, J. P., Först, M., Cavalleri, A., and Dhesi, S. S. Thu .
"Restoring interlayer Josephson coupling in La1.885Ba0.115CuO4 by charge transfer melting of stripe order". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.224522. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1336140.
@article{osti_1336140,
title = {Restoring interlayer Josephson coupling in La1.885Ba0.115CuO4 by charge transfer melting of stripe order},
author = {Khanna, V. and Mankowsky, R. and Petrich, M. and Bromberger, H. and Cavill, S. A. and Möhr-Vorobeva, E. and Nicoletti, D. and Laplace, Y. and Gu, G. D. and Hill, J. P. and Först, M. and Cavalleri, A. and Dhesi, S. S.},
abstractNote = {Here, we show that disruption of charge-density-wave (stripe) order by charge transfer excitation, enhances the superconducting phase rigidity in La1.885Ba0.115CuO4. Time-resolved resonant soft x-ray diffraction demonstrates that charge order melting is prompt following near-infrared photoexcitation whereas the crystal structure remains intact for moderate fluences. THz time-domain spectroscopy reveals that, for the first 2 ps following photoexcitation, a new Josephson plasma resonance edge, at higher frequency with respect to the equilibrium edge, is induced indicating enhanced superconducting interlayer coupling. Furthermore, the fluence dependence of the charge-order melting and the enhanced superconducting interlayer coupling are correlated with a saturation limit of ~0.5mJ/cm2. When using a combination of x-ray and optical spectroscopies we establish a hierarchy of timescales between enhanced superconductivity, melting of charge order, and rearrangement of the crystal structure.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.93.224522},
journal = {Physical Review B},
number = 22,
volume = 93,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jun 30 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Thu Jun 30 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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