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arXiv 2008.12012cond-mat.str-elcond-mat.supr-con
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YBa $_2$ Cu $_4$ O $_8$赝能隙相内晶胞内电子向列性的微观证据

Microscopic evidence for the intra-unit-cell electronic nematicity inside the pseudogap phase in YBa$_2$Cu$_4$O$_8$

W. Wang, J. Luo, C. G. Wang, J. Yang, Y. Kodama, R. Zhou, Guo-qing Zheng

摘要:

理解神秘的赝能隙现象的本质是与铜氧化物高$T_c$超导体相关的最重要的问题之一。在这里,我们报告$^{17}$ O核磁共振(NMR)研究化学计量比的铜酸盐YBa $_2$ Cu $_4$ O $_8$中的两个平面氧位,以调查赝能隙相内的对称性破缺。我们观察到两个氧位的Knight位移在高温下是相同的,但在$T_{\rm nem} \sim$ 185 K以下是不同的,这接近于赝能隙温度$T^{\ast}$。这一结果为胞内电子向列性提供了微观证据。两个氧位点之间的四极共振频率的差异在低于$T_{\rm nem}$时不变,这表明所观察到的向列性并不直接源于局部电荷密度调制。此外,在低于$T \simeq$ 150 K时观察到短程电荷密度波(CDW)有序。在$^{17}$ O-NMR谱中由于这种CDW顺序的额外增宽被确定为对于两个氧位点是不等价的,这类似于在向列性的情况下观察到的。这些结果表明,向列性,CDW秩序,和pseudogap之间可能存在联系。

英文摘要:

Understanding the nature of the mysterious pseudogap phenomenon is one of the most important issues associated with cuprate high-$T_c$ superconductors. Here, we report $^{17}$O nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) studies on two planar oxygen sites in stoichiometric cuprate YBa$_2$Cu$_4$O$_8$ to investigate the symmetry breaking inside the pseudogap phase. We observe that the Knight shifts of the two oxygen sites are identical at high temperatures but different below $T_{\rm nem} \sim$ 185 K, which is close to the pseudogap temperature $T^{\ast}$. Our result provides a microscopic evidence for intra-unit-cell electronic nematicity. The difference in quadrupole resonance frequency between the two oxygen sites is unchanged below $T_{\rm nem}$, which suggests that the observed nematicity does not directly stem from the local charge density modulation. Furthermore, a short-range charge density wave (CDW) order is observed below $T \simeq$ 150 K. The additional broadening in the $^{17}$O-NMR spectra because of this CDW order is determined to be inequivalent for the two oxygen sites, which is similar to that observed in case of nematicity. These results suggest a possible connection between nematicity, CDW order, and pseudogap.

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