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Title: Disorder Quenching of the Charge Density Wave in ZrTe 3

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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  1. Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Harwell Campus, Oxford (United Kingdom). Diamond Light Source, Ltd.; Hiroshima Univ., Hiroshima (Japan). Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center; Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany). Photon Science
  2. Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Harwell Campus, Oxford (United Kingdom). Diamond Light Source, Ltd.; Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom). Clarendon Lab., Physics Dept.
  3. Hiroshima Univ., Hiroshima (Japan). Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center
  4. Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Harwell Campus, Oxford (United Kingdom). Diamond Light Source, Ltd.; Univ. College London, Gower Street, London (United Kingdom). London Centre for Nanotechnology and Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
  5. Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Harwell Campus, Oxford (United Kingdom). Diamond Light Source, Ltd.
  6. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Dept.

The charge density wave (CDW) in ZrTe3 is quenched in samples with a small amount of Te isoelectronically substituted by Se. Using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy we observe subtle changes in the electronic band dispersions and Fermi surfaces upon Se substitution. The scattering rates are substantially increased, in particular for the large three-dimensional Fermi surface sheet. The quasi-one-dimensional band is unaffected by the substitution and still shows a gap at low temperature, which starts to open from room temperature. Long-range order is, however, absent in the electronic states as in the periodic lattice distortion. Finally, the competition between superconductivity and the CDW is thus linked to the suppression of long-range order of the CDW.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0012704
OSTI ID:
1492781
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1489322
Report Number(s):
BNL-210940-2019-JAAM; PRLTAO
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 122, Issue 1; ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 21 works
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