Strain and Electronic Nematicity in La2-xSrxCuO4

Bollinger, Anthony T.; Wu, Zebin; He, Xi; Drozdov, Ilya; Wu, Jie; Robinson, Ian; Bozovic, Ivan

doi:10.1007/s10948-019-05327-x

Title: Strain and Electronic Nematicity in La_2-xSr_xCuO₄

Abstract

Electronic nematicity has previously been observed in La_2-xSr_xCuO₄ thin films by the angle resolved transverse resistivity method with a director whose orientation is always pinned to the crystal axes when the film is grown on an orthorhombic substrate but not when the substrate is tetragonal. Here we report on measurements of thin films grown on (tetragonal) LaSrAlO₄ and subsequently placed in an apparatus that allows the application of uniaxial compressive strain. The apparatus applied enough force to produce a 1% orthorhombicity in LaSrAlO₄ and yet no change in the electronic nematicity was observed in films under strain compared to when they were unstrained.

Authors:

^[1]; Wu, Zebin ^[1]; He, Xi ^[2]; Drozdov, Ilya ^[1]; Wu, Jie ^[1]; Robinson, Ian ^[1]; Bozovic, Ivan ^[2]

Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States)

Publication Date:: Mon Sep 30 00:00:00 EDT 2019

Research Org.:: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

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

OSTI Identifier:: 1566876

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1571432

Report Number(s):: BNL-212121-2019-JAAM; BNL-212207-2019-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 1557-1939

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 33; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1557-1939

Publisher:: Springer

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; Electronic nematicity; Spontaneous symmetry breaking; Strain; Cuprates; High temperature superconductivity; Transverse voltage; Electrical transport

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                    Bollinger, Anthony T., Wu, Zebin, He, Xi, Drozdov, Ilya, Wu, Jie, Robinson, Ian, and Bozovic, Ivan. Strain and Electronic Nematicity in La2-xSrxCuO4.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
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                    Bollinger, Anthony T., Wu, Zebin, He, Xi, Drozdov, Ilya, Wu, Jie, Robinson, Ian, & Bozovic, Ivan. Strain and Electronic Nematicity in La2-xSrxCuO4.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-019-05327-x

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                    Bollinger, Anthony T., Wu, Zebin, He, Xi, Drozdov, Ilya, Wu, Jie, Robinson, Ian, and Bozovic, Ivan. Mon .  
"Strain and Electronic Nematicity in La2-xSrxCuO4".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-019-05327-x.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1566876.

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  title        = {Strain and Electronic Nematicity in La2-xSrxCuO4},

  author       = {Bollinger, Anthony T. and Wu, Zebin and He, Xi and Drozdov, Ilya and Wu, Jie and Robinson, Ian and Bozovic, Ivan},

  abstractNote = {Electronic nematicity has previously been observed in La2-xSrxCuO4 thin films by the angle resolved transverse resistivity method with a director whose orientation is always pinned to the crystal axes when the film is grown on an orthorhombic substrate but not when the substrate is tetragonal. Here we report on measurements of thin films grown on (tetragonal) LaSrAlO4 and subsequently placed in an apparatus that allows the application of uniaxial compressive strain. The apparatus applied enough force to produce a 1% orthorhombicity in LaSrAlO4 and yet no change in the electronic nematicity was observed in films under strain compared to when they were unstrained.},

  doi          = {10.1007/s10948-019-05327-x},

  journal      = {Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism},

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  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Mon Sep 30 00:00:00 EDT 2019},

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Anisotropic scattering and anomalous normal-state transport in a high-temperature superconductor journal, November 2006

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Unusual Nernst Effect Suggesting Time-Reversal Violation in the Striped Cuprate Superconductor La 2 − x Ba x CuO 4 journal, December 2011

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Quasiparticle Evidence for the Nematic State above T c in Sr x Bi 2 Se 3 journal, July 2019

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A global inversion-symmetry-broken phase inside the pseudogap region of YBa2Cu3Oy journal, November 2016

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Title: Strain and Electronic Nematicity in La_2-xSr_xCuO₄

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Electronic liquid-crystal phases of a doped Mott insulator
journal, June 1998

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journal, November 2006

Spontaneous breaking of rotational symmetry in copper oxide superconductors
journal, July 2017

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journal, December 2011

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journal, January 2010

Orbital-driven nematicity in FeSe
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journal, January 2014

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