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Title: Exploring intertwined orders in cuprate superconductors

Abstract

In this study, the concept of intertwined orders has been introduced to describe the cooperative relationship between antiferromagnetic spin correlations and electron (or hole) pair correlations that develop in copper-oxide superconductors. This contrasts with systems in which, for example, charge-density-wave (CDW) order competes for Fermi surface area with superconductivity. La2-xBaxCuO4 with x = 0.125 provides an example in which the ordering of spin stripes coincides with the onset of two-dimensional superconducting correlations. The apparent frustration of the interlayer Josephson coupling has motivated the concept of the pair-density-wave superconductor, a state that theoretical calculations show to be energetically competitive with the uniform d-wave superconductor. Even at x = 0.095, where there is robust superconductivity below 32 K in zero field, the coexistence of strong, low-energy, incommensurate spin excitations implies a spatially modulated and intertwined pair wave function. Recent observations of CDW order in YBa2Cu3O6+x and other cuprate families have raised interesting questions regarding the general role of charge modulations and the relation to superconductivity. While there are differences in the doping dependence of the modulation wave vectors in YBa2Cu3O6+x and La2-xBaxCuO4, the maximum ordering strength is peaked at the hole concentration of 1/8 in both cases. There are also possible connectionsmore » with the quantum oscillations that have been detected about the same hole concentration but at high magnetic fields. Resolving these relationships remains a research challenge.« less

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  1. Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
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Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1182475
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1318768
Report Number(s):
BNL-107215-2014-JA; BNL-107215-2014-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 0921-4526; R&D Project: PO010; KC0201060
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-98CH10886; NSF PHY11-25915
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physica. B, Condensed Matter
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 460; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0921-4526
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY

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Tranquada, John M. Exploring intertwined orders in cuprate superconductors. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1016/j.physb.2014.11.056.
Tranquada, John M. Exploring intertwined orders in cuprate superconductors. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2014.11.056
Tranquada, John M. Sat . "Exploring intertwined orders in cuprate superconductors". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2014.11.056. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1182475.
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abstractNote = {In this study, the concept of intertwined orders has been introduced to describe the cooperative relationship between antiferromagnetic spin correlations and electron (or hole) pair correlations that develop in copper-oxide superconductors. This contrasts with systems in which, for example, charge-density-wave (CDW) order competes for Fermi surface area with superconductivity. La2-xBaxCuO4 with x = 0.125 provides an example in which the ordering of spin stripes coincides with the onset of two-dimensional superconducting correlations. The apparent frustration of the interlayer Josephson coupling has motivated the concept of the pair-density-wave superconductor, a state that theoretical calculations show to be energetically competitive with the uniform d-wave superconductor. Even at x = 0.095, where there is robust superconductivity below 32 K in zero field, the coexistence of strong, low-energy, incommensurate spin excitations implies a spatially modulated and intertwined pair wave function. Recent observations of CDW order in YBa2Cu3O6+x and other cuprate families have raised interesting questions regarding the general role of charge modulations and the relation to superconductivity. While there are differences in the doping dependence of the modulation wave vectors in YBa2Cu3O6+x and La2-xBaxCuO4, the maximum ordering strength is peaked at the hole concentration of 1/8 in both cases. There are also possible connections with the quantum oscillations that have been detected about the same hole concentration but at high magnetic fields. Resolving these relationships remains a research challenge.},
doi = {10.1016/j.physb.2014.11.056},
journal = {Physica. B, Condensed Matter},
number = C,
volume = 460,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Nov 22 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Sat Nov 22 00:00:00 EST 2014}
}

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