Distinction between pristine and disorder-perturbed charge density waves in ZrTe3

Yue, Li; Xue, Shangjie; Li, Jiarui; Hu, Wen; Barbour, Andi; Zheng, Feipeng; Wang, Lichen; Feng, Ji; Wilkins, Stuart B.; Mazzoli, Claudio; Comin, Riccardo; Li, Yuan

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13813-y

Title: Distinction between pristine and disorder-perturbed charge density waves in ZrTe₃

Journal Article · 07 January 2020 · Nature Communications

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13813-y · OSTI ID:1603291

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Peking Univ., Beijing (China)
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Jinan Univ., Guangzhou (China)
Peking Univ., Beijing (China); Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing (China)

Charge density waves (CDWs) in the cuprate high-temperature superconductors have evoked much interest, yet their typical short-range nature has raised questions regarding the role of disorder. Here we report a resonant X-ray diffraction study of ZrTe₃, a model CDW system, with focus on the influence of disorder. Near the CDW transition temperature, we observe two independent signals that arise concomitantly, only to become clearly separated in momentum while developing very different correlation lengths in the well-ordered state that is reached at a distinctly lower temperature. Anomalously slow dynamics of mesoscopic charge domains are further found near the transition temperature, in spite of the expected strong thermal fluctuations. Our observations signify the presence of distinct experimental fingerprints of pristine and disorder-perturbed CDWs. We discuss the latter also in the context of Friedel oscillations, which we argue might promote CDW formation via a self-amplifying process.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704; 11888101; 2018YFA0305600; 2015CB921302; 11725415; 1751739; 11804118

OSTI ID:: 1603291

Report Number(s):: BNL-213687-2020-JAAM

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Vol. 11, Issue 1; ISSN 2041-1723

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