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Title: Incommensurate two-dimensional checkerboard charge density wave in the low-dimensional superconductor Ta 4 Pd 3 Te 16

Abstract

We report the observation of a two-dimensional (2D) checkerboard charge density wave (CDW) in the low-dimensional superconductor Ta4Pd3 Te16. By determining its CDW properties across the temperature-pressure (T-P) phase diagram and comparing with prototypical CDW materials, we conclude that Ta4Pd3Te16 features (a) an incommensurate CDW with a mixed character of dimensions [quasi-1D (Q1D) considering its needlelike shape along the b axis, Q2D as the CDW has checkerboard wave vectors, and 3D because of CDW projections along all three axes], and (b) one of the weakest CDWs compared to its superconductivity (SC), i.e., enhanced SC with respect to CDW, suggesting an interesting interplay of the two orders.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS); Duke University; National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
2325152
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1762261
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Physical Review Research
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Physical Review Research Journal Volume: 2 Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 2643-1564
Publisher:
American Physical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; high pressure; charge density wave; quantum oscillation; superconductivity; synchrotron X-ray diffraction

Citation Formats

Shi, Zhenzhong, Kuhn, S. J., Flicker, F., Helm, T., Lee, J., Steinhardt, William, Dissanayake, Sachith, Graf, D., Ruff, J., Fabbris, G., Haskel, D., and Haravifard, S. Incommensurate two-dimensional checkerboard charge density wave in the low-dimensional superconductor Ta 4 Pd 3 Te 16. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.042042.
Shi, Zhenzhong, Kuhn, S. J., Flicker, F., Helm, T., Lee, J., Steinhardt, William, Dissanayake, Sachith, Graf, D., Ruff, J., Fabbris, G., Haskel, D., & Haravifard, S. Incommensurate two-dimensional checkerboard charge density wave in the low-dimensional superconductor Ta 4 Pd 3 Te 16. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.042042
Shi, Zhenzhong, Kuhn, S. J., Flicker, F., Helm, T., Lee, J., Steinhardt, William, Dissanayake, Sachith, Graf, D., Ruff, J., Fabbris, G., Haskel, D., and Haravifard, S. Wed . "Incommensurate two-dimensional checkerboard charge density wave in the low-dimensional superconductor Ta 4 Pd 3 Te 16". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.042042.
@article{osti_2325152,
title = {Incommensurate two-dimensional checkerboard charge density wave in the low-dimensional superconductor Ta 4 Pd 3 Te 16},
author = {Shi, Zhenzhong and Kuhn, S. J. and Flicker, F. and Helm, T. and Lee, J. and Steinhardt, William and Dissanayake, Sachith and Graf, D. and Ruff, J. and Fabbris, G. and Haskel, D. and Haravifard, S.},
abstractNote = {We report the observation of a two-dimensional (2D) checkerboard charge density wave (CDW) in the low-dimensional superconductor Ta4Pd3 Te16. By determining its CDW properties across the temperature-pressure (T-P) phase diagram and comparing with prototypical CDW materials, we conclude that Ta4Pd3Te16 features (a) an incommensurate CDW with a mixed character of dimensions [quasi-1D (Q1D) considering its needlelike shape along the b axis, Q2D as the CDW has checkerboard wave vectors, and 3D because of CDW projections along all three axes], and (b) one of the weakest CDWs compared to its superconductivity (SC), i.e., enhanced SC with respect to CDW, suggesting an interesting interplay of the two orders.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.042042},
journal = {Physical Review Research},
number = 4,
volume = 2,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Dec 16 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Wed Dec 16 00:00:00 EST 2020}
}

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