Enhanced charge density wave coherence in a light-quenched, high-temperature superconductor
Abstract
Superconductivity and charge density waves (CDWs) are competitive, yet coexisting, orders in cuprate superconductors. To understand their microscopic interdependence, a probe capable of discerning their interaction on its natural length and time scale is necessary. We use ultrafast resonant soft x-ray scattering to track the transient evolution of CDW correlations in YBa2Cu3O6+x after the quench of superconductivity by an infrared laser pulse. We observe a nonthermal response of the CDW order characterized by a near doubling of the correlation length within ≈1 picosecond of the superconducting quench. Our results are consistent with a model in which the interaction between superconductivity and CDWs manifests inhomogeneously through disruption of spatial coherence, with superconductivity playing the dominant role in stabilizing CDW topological defects, such as discommensurations.
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- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC (Canada); Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Varennes (Canada)
- Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States); Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)
- Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC (Canada)
- Canadian Light Source, Saskatoon (Canada)
- Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Univ. of Waterloo, ON (Canada)
- North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Brescia (Italy)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; National Science Foundation (NSF); Canadian Institutes of Health Research; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC); National Research Council Canada; Canada Foundation for Innovation; Universität Hamburg; British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund; USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1870707
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1882945; OSTI ID: 1959789
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515; 1845994; 2034345; AC02-05-CH11231; DMR-1752713; FSP 301; AC02-05CH11231
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Science
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 376; Journal Issue: 6595; Journal ID: ISSN 0036-8075
- Publisher:
- AAAS
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; superconductivity; charge density waves; ultrafast; coherence; intertwined; competition; discommensurations; topological defects
Citation Formats
Wandel, S., Boschini, F., da Silva Neto, E. H., Shen, L., Na, M. X., Zohar, S., Wang, Y., Welch, S. B., Seaberg, M. H., Koralek, J. D., Dakovski, G. L., Hettel, W., Lin, M. -F., Moeller, S. P., Schlotter, W. F., Reid, A. H., Minitti, M. P., Boyle, T., He, F., Sutarto, R., Liang, R., Bonn, D., Hardy, W., Kaindl, R. A., Hawthorn, D. G., Lee, J. -S., Kemper, A. F., Damascelli, A., Giannetti, C., Turner, J. J., and Coslovich, G. Enhanced charge density wave coherence in a light-quenched, high-temperature superconductor. United States: N. p., 2022.
Web. doi:10.1126/science.abd7213.
Wandel, S., Boschini, F., da Silva Neto, E. H., Shen, L., Na, M. X., Zohar, S., Wang, Y., Welch, S. B., Seaberg, M. H., Koralek, J. D., Dakovski, G. L., Hettel, W., Lin, M. -F., Moeller, S. P., Schlotter, W. F., Reid, A. H., Minitti, M. P., Boyle, T., He, F., Sutarto, R., Liang, R., Bonn, D., Hardy, W., Kaindl, R. A., Hawthorn, D. G., Lee, J. -S., Kemper, A. F., Damascelli, A., Giannetti, C., Turner, J. J., & Coslovich, G. Enhanced charge density wave coherence in a light-quenched, high-temperature superconductor. United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abd7213
Wandel, S., Boschini, F., da Silva Neto, E. H., Shen, L., Na, M. X., Zohar, S., Wang, Y., Welch, S. B., Seaberg, M. H., Koralek, J. D., Dakovski, G. L., Hettel, W., Lin, M. -F., Moeller, S. P., Schlotter, W. F., Reid, A. H., Minitti, M. P., Boyle, T., He, F., Sutarto, R., Liang, R., Bonn, D., Hardy, W., Kaindl, R. A., Hawthorn, D. G., Lee, J. -S., Kemper, A. F., Damascelli, A., Giannetti, C., Turner, J. J., and Coslovich, G. Thu .
"Enhanced charge density wave coherence in a light-quenched, high-temperature superconductor". United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abd7213. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1870707.
@article{osti_1870707,
title = {Enhanced charge density wave coherence in a light-quenched, high-temperature superconductor},
author = {Wandel, S. and Boschini, F. and da Silva Neto, E. H. and Shen, L. and Na, M. X. and Zohar, S. and Wang, Y. and Welch, S. B. and Seaberg, M. H. and Koralek, J. D. and Dakovski, G. L. and Hettel, W. and Lin, M. -F. and Moeller, S. P. and Schlotter, W. F. and Reid, A. H. and Minitti, M. P. and Boyle, T. and He, F. and Sutarto, R. and Liang, R. and Bonn, D. and Hardy, W. and Kaindl, R. A. and Hawthorn, D. G. and Lee, J. -S. and Kemper, A. F. and Damascelli, A. and Giannetti, C. and Turner, J. J. and Coslovich, G.},
abstractNote = {Superconductivity and charge density waves (CDWs) are competitive, yet coexisting, orders in cuprate superconductors. To understand their microscopic interdependence, a probe capable of discerning their interaction on its natural length and time scale is necessary. We use ultrafast resonant soft x-ray scattering to track the transient evolution of CDW correlations in YBa2Cu3O6+x after the quench of superconductivity by an infrared laser pulse. We observe a nonthermal response of the CDW order characterized by a near doubling of the correlation length within ≈1 picosecond of the superconducting quench. Our results are consistent with a model in which the interaction between superconductivity and CDWs manifests inhomogeneously through disruption of spatial coherence, with superconductivity playing the dominant role in stabilizing CDW topological defects, such as discommensurations.},
doi = {10.1126/science.abd7213},
journal = {Science},
number = 6595,
volume = 376,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu May 19 00:00:00 EDT 2022},
month = {Thu May 19 00:00:00 EDT 2022}
}
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