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Title: Superconductivity and hybrid soft modes in Ti Se 2

Abstract

The interplay between superconductivity and charge-density-wave (CDW) order plays a central role in the layered transition-metal dichalcogenides. 1T-TiSe2 forms a prime example, featuring superconducting domes on intercalation as well as under applied pressure. Here, we present high energy-resolution inelastic x-ray scattering measurements of the CDW soft phonon mode in intercalated CuxTiSe2 and pressurized 1T-TiSe2 along with detailed ab-initio calculations for the lattice dynamical properties and phonon-mediated superconductivity. We find that the intercalation-induced superconductivity can be explained by a solely phonon-mediated pairing mechanism, while this is not possible for the superconducting phase under pressure. We argue that a hybridization of phonon and exciton modes in the pairing mechanism is necessary to explain the full observed temperature-pressure-intercalation phase diagram. Finally, these results indicate that 1T-TiSe2 under pressure is close to the elusive state of the excitonic insulator.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [4];  [1]
  1. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe (Germany)
  2. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  3. Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA (United States)
  4. Univ. of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
Materials Sciences and Engineering Division; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division
OSTI Identifier:
1352569
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1335193
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review B
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 94; Journal Issue: 21; 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

Maschek, M., Rosenkranz, S., Hott, R., Heid, R., Merz, Michael, Zocco, D. A., Said, A. H., Alatas, A., Karapetrov, G., Zhu, Shan, van Wezel, Jasper, and Weber, Frank. Superconductivity and hybrid soft modes in TiSe2. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.94.214507.
Maschek, M., Rosenkranz, S., Hott, R., Heid, R., Merz, Michael, Zocco, D. A., Said, A. H., Alatas, A., Karapetrov, G., Zhu, Shan, van Wezel, Jasper, & Weber, Frank. Superconductivity and hybrid soft modes in TiSe2. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.94.214507
Maschek, M., Rosenkranz, S., Hott, R., Heid, R., Merz, Michael, Zocco, D. A., Said, A. H., Alatas, A., Karapetrov, G., Zhu, Shan, van Wezel, Jasper, and Weber, Frank. Mon . "Superconductivity and hybrid soft modes in TiSe2". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.94.214507. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1352569.
@article{osti_1352569,
title = {Superconductivity and hybrid soft modes in TiSe2},
author = {Maschek, M. and Rosenkranz, S. and Hott, R. and Heid, R. and Merz, Michael and Zocco, D. A. and Said, A. H. and Alatas, A. and Karapetrov, G. and Zhu, Shan and van Wezel, Jasper and Weber, Frank},
abstractNote = {The interplay between superconductivity and charge-density-wave (CDW) order plays a central role in the layered transition-metal dichalcogenides. 1T-TiSe2 forms a prime example, featuring superconducting domes on intercalation as well as under applied pressure. Here, we present high energy-resolution inelastic x-ray scattering measurements of the CDW soft phonon mode in intercalated CuxTiSe2 and pressurized 1T-TiSe2 along with detailed ab-initio calculations for the lattice dynamical properties and phonon-mediated superconductivity. We find that the intercalation-induced superconductivity can be explained by a solely phonon-mediated pairing mechanism, while this is not possible for the superconducting phase under pressure. We argue that a hybridization of phonon and exciton modes in the pairing mechanism is necessary to explain the full observed temperature-pressure-intercalation phase diagram. Finally, these results indicate that 1T-TiSe2 under pressure is close to the elusive state of the excitonic insulator.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.94.214507},
journal = {Physical Review B},
number = 21,
volume = 94,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Dec 12 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Mon Dec 12 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}

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