Enhanced charge density wave coherence in a light-quenched, high-temperature superconductor

Wandel, S.; Boschini, F.; da Silva Neto, E. H.; Shen, L.; Na, M. X.; Zohar, S.; Wang, Y.; Welch, S. B.; Seaberg, M. H.; Koralek, J. D.; Dakovski, G. L.; Hettel, W.; Lin, M. -F.; Moeller, S. P.; Schlotter, W. F.; Reid, A. H.; Minitti, M. P.; Boyle, T.; He, F.; Sutarto, R.; Liang, R.; Bonn, D.; Hardy, W.; Kaindl, R. A.; Hawthorn, D. G.; Lee, J. -S.; Kemper, A. F.; Damascelli, A.; Giannetti, C.; Turner, J. J.; Coslovich, G.

doi:10.1126/science.abd7213

Title: Enhanced charge density wave coherence in a light-quenched, high-temperature superconductor

Journal Article · 18 May 2022 · Science

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abd7213 · OSTI ID:1870707

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SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC)
Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC (Canada); Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Varennes (Canada)
Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States); Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC (Canada)
Canadian Light Source, Saskatoon (Canada)
Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Univ. of Waterloo, ON (Canada)
North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Brescia (Italy)

Superconductivity and charge density waves (CDWs) are competitive, yet coexisting, orders in cuprate superconductors. To understand their microscopic interdependence, a probe capable of discerning their interaction on its natural length and time scale is necessary. We use ultrafast resonant soft x-ray scattering to track the transient evolution of CDW correlations in YBa₂Cu₃O_6+x after the quench of superconductivity by an infrared laser pulse. We observe a nonthermal response of the CDW order characterized by a near doubling of the correlation length within ≈1 picosecond of the superconducting quench. Our results are consistent with a model in which the interaction between superconductivity and CDWs manifests inhomogeneously through disruption of spatial coherence, with superconductivity playing the dominant role in stabilizing CDW topological defects, such as discommensurations.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund; Canada Foundation for Innovation; Canadian Institutes of Health Research; National Research Council Canada; National Science Foundation (NSF); Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); Universität Hamburg

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1870707

Journal Information:: Science, Journal Name: Science Journal Issue: 6595 Vol. 376; ISSN 0036-8075

Publisher:: AAASCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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