Restoring interlayer Josephson coupling in La1.885Ba0.115CuO4 by charge transfer melting of stripe order

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.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.93.224522

Title: Restoring interlayer Josephson coupling in ${La}_{1.885} {Ba}_{0.115} {CuO}_{4}$ by charge transfer melting of stripe order

Journal Article · Thu Jun 30 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Physical Review B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.224522· OSTI ID:1336140

Khanna, V. ^[1]; Mankowsky, R. ^[2]; Petrich, M. ^[2]; Bromberger, H. ^[2]; Cavill, S. A. ^[3]; Möhr-Vorobeva, E. ^[4]; Nicoletti, D. ^[2]; Laplace, Y. ^[2]; Gu, G. D. ^[5]; Hill, J. P. ^[5]; Först, M. ^[2]; Cavalleri, A. ^[6]; Dhesi, S. S. ^[7]

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)

Here, we show that disruption of charge-density-wave (stripe) order by charge transfer excitation, enhances the superconducting phase rigidity in La_1.885Ba_0.115CuO₄. 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.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC00112704

OSTI ID:: 1336140

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1259994

Report Number(s):: BNL-112614-2016-JA; PRBMDO; R&D Project: PO010; KC0201060

Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Vol. 93, Issue 22; ISSN 2469-9950

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