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Title: Charge-screening role of c-axis atomic displacements in YBa2Cu3O6+x and related superconductors

Abstract

The importance of charge reservoir layers for supplying holes to the CuO2 planes of cuprate superconductors has long been recognized. Less attention has been paid to the screening of the charge transfer by the intervening ionic layers. We address this issue in the case of YBa2Cu3O6+x, where CuO chains supply the holes for the planes. We present a simple dielectric-screening model that gives a linear correlation between the relative displacements of ions along the c axis, determined by neutron powder diffraction, and the hole density of the planes. Applying this model to the temperature-dependent shifts of ions along the c axis, we infer a charge transfer of 5-10% of the hole density from the planes to the chains on warming from the superconducting transition to room temperature. Given the significant coupling of c-axis displacements to the average charge density, we point out the relevance of local displacements for screening charge modulations and note recent evidence for dynamic screening of in-plane quasiparticles. Furthermore, this line of argument leads us to a simple model for atomic displacements and charge modulation that is consistent with images from scanning-tunneling microscopy for underdoped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ.

Authors:
;  [1];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [3]
  1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  2. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  3. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
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Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Emergent Superconductivity (CES); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Spallation Neutron Source (SNS)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1247980
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1239710; OSTI ID: 1261523
Report Number(s):
BNL-112056-2016-JA
Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950; PRBMDO; R&D Project: PO011; PO010; KC0201060
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0012704; SC00112704; AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review B
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 93; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY

Citation Formats

E. S. Bozin, Huq, A., Shen, Bing, Claus, H., Kwok, W. K., and Tranquada, J. M. Charge-screening role of c-axis atomic displacements in YBa2Cu3O6+x and related superconductors. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.93.054523.
E. S. Bozin, Huq, A., Shen, Bing, Claus, H., Kwok, W. K., & Tranquada, J. M. Charge-screening role of c-axis atomic displacements in YBa2Cu3O6+x and related superconductors. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.054523
E. S. Bozin, Huq, A., Shen, Bing, Claus, H., Kwok, W. K., and Tranquada, J. M. Mon . "Charge-screening role of c-axis atomic displacements in YBa2Cu3O6+x and related superconductors". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.054523. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1247980.
@article{osti_1247980,
title = {Charge-screening role of c-axis atomic displacements in YBa2Cu3O6+x and related superconductors},
author = {E. S. Bozin and Huq, A. and Shen, Bing and Claus, H. and Kwok, W. K. and Tranquada, J. M.},
abstractNote = {The importance of charge reservoir layers for supplying holes to the CuO2 planes of cuprate superconductors has long been recognized. Less attention has been paid to the screening of the charge transfer by the intervening ionic layers. We address this issue in the case of YBa2Cu3O6+x, where CuO chains supply the holes for the planes. We present a simple dielectric-screening model that gives a linear correlation between the relative displacements of ions along the c axis, determined by neutron powder diffraction, and the hole density of the planes. Applying this model to the temperature-dependent shifts of ions along the c axis, we infer a charge transfer of 5-10% of the hole density from the planes to the chains on warming from the superconducting transition to room temperature. Given the significant coupling of c-axis displacements to the average charge density, we point out the relevance of local displacements for screening charge modulations and note recent evidence for dynamic screening of in-plane quasiparticles. Furthermore, this line of argument leads us to a simple model for atomic displacements and charge modulation that is consistent with images from scanning-tunneling microscopy for underdoped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.93.054523},
journal = {Physical Review B},
number = 5,
volume = 93,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Feb 29 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Mon Feb 29 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}

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