Strong electron-phonon coupling driven pseudogap modulation and density-wave fluctuations in a correlated polar metal

Wang, Huaiyu; Xiong, Yihuang; Padma, Hari; Wang, Yi; Wang, Ziqi; Claes, Romain; Brunin, Guillaume; Min, Lujin; Zu, Rui; Wetherington, Maxwell T.; Wang, Yu; Mao, Zhiqiang; Hautier, Geoffroy; Chen, Long-Qing; Dabo, Ismaila; Gopalan, Venkatraman

doi:10.1038/s41467-023-41460-x

Title: Strong electron-phonon coupling driven pseudogap modulation and density-wave fluctuations in a correlated polar metal

Journal Article · 17 September 2023 · Nature Communications

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41460-x · OSTI ID:2000768

; Xiong, Yihuang; Padma, Hari;

; Wang, Ziqi; Claes, Romain;

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; Wetherington, Maxwell T.; Wang, Yu;

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; Dabo, Ismaila;

Abstract There is tremendous interest in employing collective excitations of the lattice, spin, charge, and orbitals to tune strongly correlated electronic phenomena. We report such an effect in a ruthenate, Ca ₃ Ru ₂ O ₇ , where two phonons with strong electron-phonon coupling modulate the electronic pseudogap as well as mediate charge and spin density wave fluctuations. Combining temperature-dependent Raman spectroscopy with density functional theory reveals two phonons, B ₂ ^P and B ₂ ^M , that are strongly coupled to electrons and whose scattering intensities respectively dominate in the pseudogap versus the metallic phases. The B ₂ ^P squeezes the octahedra along the out of plane c -axis, while the B ₂ ^M elongates it, thus modulating the Ru 4d orbital splitting and the bandwidth of the in-plane electron hopping; Thus, B ₂ ^P opens the pseudogap, while B ₂ ^M closes it. Moreover, the B ₂ phonons mediate incoherent charge and spin density wave fluctuations, as evidenced by changes in the background electronic Raman scattering that exhibit unique symmetry signatures. The polar order breaks inversion symmetry, enabling infrared activity of these phonons, paving the way for coherent light-driven control of electronic transport.

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Research Organization:: Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States); Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (MSE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; SC0012375; SC0020145

OSTI ID:: 2000768

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 14; ISSN 2041-1723

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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