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Title: Characterization of photoinduced normal state through charge density wave in superconducting YBa2Cu3O6.67

Journal Article · · Science Advances
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  1. Pohang Accelerator Lab. (PAL) (Korea, Republic of); Pohang Univ. of Science and Technology (POSTECH) (Korea, Republic of)
  2. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
  3. Tohoku Univ., Sendai (Japan)
  4. Pohang Accelerator Lab. (PAL) (Korea, Republic of)
  5. Max Planck Institute of Solid State Research, Stuttgart (Germany)
  6. RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Sayo (Japan); Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Sayo, Hyogo (Japan)
  7. RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Sayo (Japan)
  8. Pohang Univ. of Science and Technology (POSTECH) (Korea, Republic of)

The normal state of high-Tc cuprates has been considered one of the essential topics in high-temperature superconductivity research. However, compared to the high magnetic field study of it, understanding a photoinduced normal state remains elusive. Here, we explore a photoinduced normal state of YBa2Cu3O6.67 through a charge density wave (CDW) with time-resolved resonant soft x-ray scattering, as well as a high magnetic field x-ray scattering. In the nonequilibrium state where people predict a quenched superconducting state based on the previous optical spectroscopies, we experimentally observed a similar analogy to the competition between superconductivity and CDW shown in the equilibrium state. We further observe that the broken pairing states in the superconducting CuO2 plane via the optical pump lead to nucleation of three-dimensional CDW precursor correlation. Ultimately, these findings provide a critical clue that the characteristics of the photoinduced normal state show a solid resemblance to those under magnetic fields in equilibrium conditions.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
1871029
Journal Information:
Science Advances, Journal Name: Science Advances Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 8; ISSN 2375-2548
Publisher:
AAASCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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