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Title: Characterization of photoinduced normal state through charge density wave in superconducting YBa2Cu3O6.67

Abstract

The normal state of high-Tc cuprates has been considered one of the essential topics in high-temperature superconductivity research. However, compared to the high magnetic field study of it, understanding a photoinduced normal state remains elusive. Here, we explore a photoinduced normal state of YBa2Cu3O6.67 through a charge density wave (CDW) with time-resolved resonant soft x-ray scattering, as well as a high magnetic field x-ray scattering. In the nonequilibrium state where people predict a quenched superconducting state based on the previous optical spectroscopies, we experimentally observed a similar analogy to the competition between superconductivity and CDW shown in the equilibrium state. We further observe that the broken pairing states in the superconducting CuO2 plane via the optical pump lead to nucleation of three-dimensional CDW precursor correlation. Ultimately, these findings provide a critical clue that the characteristics of the photoinduced normal state show a solid resemblance to those under magnetic fields in equilibrium conditions.

Authors:
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  1. Pohang Accelerator Lab. (PAL) (Korea, Republic of); Pohang Univ. of Science and Technology (POSTECH) (Korea, Republic of)
  2. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
  3. Tohoku Univ., Sendai (Japan)
  4. Pohang Accelerator Lab. (PAL) (Korea, Republic of)
  5. Max Planck Institute of Solid State Research, Stuttgart (Germany)
  6. RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Sayo (Japan); Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Sayo, Hyogo (Japan)
  7. RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Sayo (Japan)
  8. Pohang Univ. of Science and Technology (POSTECH) (Korea, Republic of)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
OSTI Identifier:
1871029
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-76SF00515; 2019R1F1A1060295
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Science Advances
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 8; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2375-2548
Publisher:
AAAS
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY

Citation Formats

Jang, Hoyoung, Song, Sanghoon, Kihara, Takumi, Liu, Yijin, Lee, Sang-Jun, Park, Sang-Youn, Kim, Minseok, Kim, Hyeong-Do, Coslovich, Giacomo, Nakata, Suguru, Kubota, Yuya, Inoue, Ichiro, Tamasaku, Kenji, Yabashi, Makina, Lee, Heemin, Song, Changyong, Nojiri, Hiroyuki, Keimer, Bernhard, Kao, Chi-Chang, and Lee, Jun-Sik. Characterization of photoinduced normal state through charge density wave in superconducting YBa2Cu3O6.67. United States: N. p., 2022. Web. doi:10.1126/sciadv.abk0832.
Jang, Hoyoung, Song, Sanghoon, Kihara, Takumi, Liu, Yijin, Lee, Sang-Jun, Park, Sang-Youn, Kim, Minseok, Kim, Hyeong-Do, Coslovich, Giacomo, Nakata, Suguru, Kubota, Yuya, Inoue, Ichiro, Tamasaku, Kenji, Yabashi, Makina, Lee, Heemin, Song, Changyong, Nojiri, Hiroyuki, Keimer, Bernhard, Kao, Chi-Chang, & Lee, Jun-Sik. Characterization of photoinduced normal state through charge density wave in superconducting YBa2Cu3O6.67. United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abk0832
Jang, Hoyoung, Song, Sanghoon, Kihara, Takumi, Liu, Yijin, Lee, Sang-Jun, Park, Sang-Youn, Kim, Minseok, Kim, Hyeong-Do, Coslovich, Giacomo, Nakata, Suguru, Kubota, Yuya, Inoue, Ichiro, Tamasaku, Kenji, Yabashi, Makina, Lee, Heemin, Song, Changyong, Nojiri, Hiroyuki, Keimer, Bernhard, Kao, Chi-Chang, and Lee, Jun-Sik. Wed . "Characterization of photoinduced normal state through charge density wave in superconducting YBa2Cu3O6.67". United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abk0832. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1871029.
@article{osti_1871029,
title = {Characterization of photoinduced normal state through charge density wave in superconducting YBa2Cu3O6.67},
author = {Jang, Hoyoung and Song, Sanghoon and Kihara, Takumi and Liu, Yijin and Lee, Sang-Jun and Park, Sang-Youn and Kim, Minseok and Kim, Hyeong-Do and Coslovich, Giacomo and Nakata, Suguru and Kubota, Yuya and Inoue, Ichiro and Tamasaku, Kenji and Yabashi, Makina and Lee, Heemin and Song, Changyong and Nojiri, Hiroyuki and Keimer, Bernhard and Kao, Chi-Chang and Lee, Jun-Sik},
abstractNote = {The normal state of high-Tc cuprates has been considered one of the essential topics in high-temperature superconductivity research. However, compared to the high magnetic field study of it, understanding a photoinduced normal state remains elusive. Here, we explore a photoinduced normal state of YBa2Cu3O6.67 through a charge density wave (CDW) with time-resolved resonant soft x-ray scattering, as well as a high magnetic field x-ray scattering. In the nonequilibrium state where people predict a quenched superconducting state based on the previous optical spectroscopies, we experimentally observed a similar analogy to the competition between superconductivity and CDW shown in the equilibrium state. We further observe that the broken pairing states in the superconducting CuO2 plane via the optical pump lead to nucleation of three-dimensional CDW precursor correlation. Ultimately, these findings provide a critical clue that the characteristics of the photoinduced normal state show a solid resemblance to those under magnetic fields in equilibrium conditions.},
doi = {10.1126/sciadv.abk0832},
journal = {Science Advances},
number = 6,
volume = 8,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Feb 09 00:00:00 EST 2022},
month = {Wed Feb 09 00:00:00 EST 2022}
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