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Title: Spatially inhomogeneous competition between superconductivity and the charge density wave in YBa2Cu3O6.67

Abstract

The charge density wave in the high-temperature superconductor YBa2Cu3O7-x (YBCO) has two different ordering tendencies differentiated by their c-axis correlations. These correspond to ferro- (F-CDW) and antiferro- (AF-CDW) couplings between CDWs in neighbouring CuO2 bilayers. This discovery has prompted several fundamental questions: how does superconductivity adjust to two competing orders and are either of these orders responsible for the electronic reconstruction? Here we use x-ray diffraction to study YBa2Cu3O6.67 as a function of magnetic field and temperature. We show that regions with F-CDW correlations suppress superconductivity more strongly than those with AF-CDW correlations. This implies that an inhomogeneous superconducting state exists, in which some regions show a fragile form of superconductivity. By comparison of F-CDW and AF-CDW correlation lengths, it is concluded that F-CDW ordering is sufficiently long-range to modify the electronic structure. Our study thus suggests that F-CDW correlations impact both the superconducting and normal state properties of YBCO.

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  1. Univ. of Zurich (Switzerland)
  2. Univ. of Zurich (Switzerland); Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany)
  3. Univ. of Birmingham (United Kingdom); Lund Univ. (Sweden)
  4. Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC (Canada); Canadian Inst. for Advanced Research (Canada)
  5. European Spallation Source (ESS), Lund (Sweden)
  6. Technical Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby (Denmark)
  7. Weizmann Inst. of Science, Rehovot (Israel)
  8. Paul Scherrer Inst. (PSI), Villigen (Switzerland)
  9. Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany)
  10. Univ. of Birmingham (United Kingdom)
  11. Bristol Univ. (United Kingdom)
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Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
OSTI Identifier:
1624247
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-98CH10886; EP/R011141; EP/J016977/1
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nature Communications
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 11; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; electronic properties and materials; superconducting properties and materials

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Choi, J., Ivashko, O., Blackburn, E., Liang, R., Bonn, D. A., Hardy, W. N., Holmes, A. T., Christensen, N. B., Hücker, M., Gerber, S., Gutowski, O., Rütt, U., Zimmermann, M. v., Forgan, E. M., Hayden, S. M., and Chang, J. Spatially inhomogeneous competition between superconductivity and the charge density wave in YBa2Cu3O6.67. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14536-1.
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Choi, J., Ivashko, O., Blackburn, E., Liang, R., Bonn, D. A., Hardy, W. N., Holmes, A. T., Christensen, N. B., Hücker, M., Gerber, S., Gutowski, O., Rütt, U., Zimmermann, M. v., Forgan, E. M., Hayden, S. M., & Chang, J. Spatially inhomogeneous competition between superconductivity and the charge density wave in YBa2Cu3O6.67. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14536-1
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Choi, J., Ivashko, O., Blackburn, E., Liang, R., Bonn, D. A., Hardy, W. N., Holmes, A. T., Christensen, N. B., Hücker, M., Gerber, S., Gutowski, O., Rütt, U., Zimmermann, M. v., Forgan, E. M., Hayden, S. M., and Chang, J. Thu . "Spatially inhomogeneous competition between superconductivity and the charge density wave in YBa2Cu3O6.67". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14536-1. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1624247.
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@article{osti_1624247,
title = {Spatially inhomogeneous competition between superconductivity and the charge density wave in YBa2Cu3O6.67},
author = {Choi, J. and Ivashko, O. and Blackburn, E. and Liang, R. and Bonn, D. A. and Hardy, W. N. and Holmes, A. T. and Christensen, N. B. and Hücker, M. and Gerber, S. and Gutowski, O. and Rütt, U. and Zimmermann, M. v. and Forgan, E. M. and Hayden, S. M. and Chang, J.},
abstractNote = {The charge density wave in the high-temperature superconductor YBa2Cu3O7-x (YBCO) has two different ordering tendencies differentiated by their c-axis correlations. These correspond to ferro- (F-CDW) and antiferro- (AF-CDW) couplings between CDWs in neighbouring CuO2 bilayers. This discovery has prompted several fundamental questions: how does superconductivity adjust to two competing orders and are either of these orders responsible for the electronic reconstruction? Here we use x-ray diffraction to study YBa2Cu3O6.67 as a function of magnetic field and temperature. We show that regions with F-CDW correlations suppress superconductivity more strongly than those with AF-CDW correlations. This implies that an inhomogeneous superconducting state exists, in which some regions show a fragile form of superconductivity. By comparison of F-CDW and AF-CDW correlation lengths, it is concluded that F-CDW ordering is sufficiently long-range to modify the electronic structure. Our study thus suggests that F-CDW correlations impact both the superconducting and normal state properties of YBCO.},
doi = {10.1038/s41467-020-14536-1},
journal = {Nature Communications},
number = 1,
volume = 11,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Feb 20 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Thu Feb 20 00:00:00 EST 2020}
}
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Fig. 1 Fig. 1: Schematic real-space illustration of the disordered charge density wave (CDW) in YBa2Cu3O6.67. a Representative CDW stacking sequences along the c-axis at low and high magnetic field for a fixed point in the a-b plane. A and B represent the two possible phases in the CDW modulation in eachmore » bilayer. b Extension to the b-c plane. Spatially separated regions where the F-CDW (ℓ= 1) and AF-CDW (ℓ= 1 ∕ 2) correlations in a are present. c, d Idealised diffraction intensity for the F-CDW and AF-CDW correlations at high field.« less
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