Charge-stripe crystal phase in an insulating cuprate

Zhao, He; Ren, Zheng; Rachmilowitz, Bryan; Schneeloch, John; Zhong, Ruidan; Gu, Genda; Wang, Ziqiang; Zeljkovic, Ilija

doi:10.1038/s41563-018-0243-x

Title: Charge-stripe crystal phase in an insulating cuprate

Journal Article · Mon Dec 17 00:00:00 EST 2018 · Nature Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-018-0243-x· OSTI ID:1495006

Zhao, He ^[1]; Ren, Zheng ^[1]; Rachmilowitz, Bryan ^[1]; Schneeloch, John ^[2]; Zhong, Ruidan ^[2];

^[2]; Wang, Ziqiang ^[1];

^[1]

Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

High-temperature (high-T_c) superconductivity in cuprates arises from carrier doping of an antiferromagnetic Mott insulator. This carrier doping leads to the formation of electronic liquid-crystal phases. The insulating charge-stripe crystal phase is predicted to form when a small density of holes is doped into the charge-transfer insulator state, but this phase is yet to be observed experimentally. Here, we use surface annealing to extend the accessible doping range in Bi-based cuprates and realize the lightly doped charge-transfer insulating state of the cuprate Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O_8+x. In this insulating state with a charge transfer gap on the order of ~1 eV, our spectroscopic imaging scanning tunnelling microscopy measurements provide strong evidence for a unidirectional charge-stripe order with a commensurate 4a₀ period along the Cu–O–Cu bond. Notably, this insulating charge-stripe crystal phase develops before the onset of the pseudogap and formation of the Fermi surface. Furthermore, our work provides fresh insight into the microscopic origin of electronic inhomogeneity in high-T_c cuprates.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Emergent Superconductivity (CES); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1495006

Report Number(s):: BNL-211270-2019-JAAM

Journal Information:: Nature Materials, Vol. 18, Issue 2; ISSN 1476-1122

Publisher:: Springer Nature - Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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