Out-of-equilibrium charge redistribution in a copper-oxide based superconductor by time-resolved X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Puntel, Denny; Kutnyakhov, Dmytro; Wenthaus, Lukas; Scholz, Markus; Wind, Nils O.; Heber, Michael; Brenner, Günter; Gu, Genda; Cava, Robert J.; Bronsch, Wibke; Cilento, Federico; Parmigiani, Fulvio; Pressacco, Federico

doi:10.1038/s41598-024-56440-4

Title: Out-of-equilibrium charge redistribution in a copper-oxide based superconductor by time-resolved X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Journal Article · 16 April 2024 · Scientific Reports

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-56440-4 · OSTI ID:2396612

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Univ. of Trieste (Italy)
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany)
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany); Univ. of Hamburg (Germany)
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste (Italy)
Univ. of Trieste (Italy); Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste (Italy); Univ. of Cologne (Germany)

Charge-transfer excitations are of paramount importance for understanding the electronic structure of copper-oxide based high-temperature superconductors. In this study, we investigate the response of a Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O_8+δ crystal to the charge redistribution induced by an infrared ultrashort pulse. Element-selective time-resolved core-level photoelectron spectroscopy with a high energy resolution allows disentangling the dynamics of oxygen ions with different coordination and bonds thanks to their different chemical shifts. Our experiment shows that the O 1s component arising from the Cu–O planes is significantly perturbed by the infrared light pulse. Conversely, the apical oxygen, also coordinated with Sr ions in the Sr-O planes, remains unaffected. This result highlights the peculiar behavior of the electronic structure of the Cu–O planes. It also unlocks the way to study the out-of-equilibrium electronic structure of copper-oxide-based high-temperature superconductors by identifying the O 1s core-level emission originating from the oxygen ions in the Cu–O planes. This ability could be critical to gain information about the strongly-correlated electron ultrafast dynamical mechanisms in the Cu–O plane in the normal and superconducting phases.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 2396612

Report Number(s):: BNL--225806-2024-JAAM

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Journal Name: Scientific Reports Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 14; ISSN 2045-2322

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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