La $_{1.36}$ Nd PDMATHAAB Sr $_{0.24}$ CuO $_4$中平行自旋带序和赝能隙量子临界点附近涨落的磁场调谐
Magnetic Field Tuning of Parallel Spin Stripe Order and Fluctuations near the Pseudogap Quantum Critical Point in La$_{1.36}$Nd$_{0.4}$Sr$_{0.24}$CuO$_4$
Qianli Ma, Evan M. Smith, Zachary W. Cronkwright, Mirela Dragomir, Gabrielle Mitchell, Barry W. Winn, Travis J. Williams, Bruce D. Gaulin
A quantum critical point in the single layer, hole-doped cuprate system La$_{1.6-x}$Nd$_{0.4}$Sr$_x$CuO$_4$ (Nd-LSCO), near $x$ = 0.23 has been proposed as an organizing principle for understanding high temperature superconductivity. Our earlier neutron diffraction work on Nd-LSCO at optimal and high doping revealed static parallel spin stripes to exist out to the QCP and slightly beyond, at $x$ = 0.24 and 0.26. We examine more closely the parallel spin stripe order parameter in Nd-LSCO in both zero magnetic field and fields up to 8 T for H // c in these single crystals. In contrast to earlier studies at lower doping, we observe that H //c in excess of $\sim$ 2.5 T eliminates the incommensurate quasi-Bragg peaks associated with parallel spin stripes. But this elastic scattering is not destroyed by the field; rather it is transferred to commensurate {\textbf{Q} = 0} Bragg positions, implying that the spins participating in the spin stripes have been polarized. Inelastic neutron scattering measurements at high fields show an increase in the low energy, parallel spin stripe fluctuations and evidence for a spin gap, $Δ_{spin}$= 3 $\pm$ 0.5 meV for Nd-LSCO with $x$ = 0.24. This is shown to be consistent with spin gap measurements as a function of superconducting T$_C$ over five different families of cuprate superconductors, which follow the approximate linear relation, $Δ_{spin}$ = 3.5 k$_B$T$_C$.
Isotope Effect in the Superfluid Density of HTS Cuprates: Stripes, Pseudogap and Impurities
欠掺杂的铜氧化物表现出正常状态的赝能隙,它们的自旋和掺杂载流子往往在空间上分离成1-D或2-D条纹。有些人认为这些是超导性的核心,其他人则认为是外围的,只是竞争。使用La $_{2-x}$ Sr $_x$ Cu $_{1-y}$ Zn $_y$ O $_4$,我们表明,氧同位素效应在$T_c$和超流密度可以用来区分条纹和赝隙的作用,并检测杂质散射的存在。我们得出结论,条纹和赝隙是不同的,既竞争和共存的超导性。
Andreev reflection in Au/La_{2-x}Sr_{x}CuO_{4} point-contact junctions: separation between pseudogap and phase-coherence gap
我们用Au探针在0.08 < x < 0.20的La_{2-x} Sr_{x} CuO_{4}样品上进行了点接触测量,研究了超导能隙与赝能隙的关系。在4.2 K ~ T_c^A的温度范围内,结的电导曲线呈现典型的Andreev反射特征,与体相T_c相近。如果使用(s+d)波隙对称性,则它们与BTK-Tanaka-Kashiwaya模型的拟合给出了良好的结果。低温主导的各向同性带隙分量Delta_{s}的掺杂依赖性非常好地遵循T_{c}对x曲线。这些结果支持了角分辨光电子能谱(ARPES)和隧穿测量的超导(Andreev)带隙和赝带隙之间的分离。
Electron Dynamics in Nd$_{1.85}$Ce$_{.15}$CuO$_{4+δ}$: Evidence for the Pseudogap State and Unconventional c-axis Response
红外反射率的测量与光偏振沿a-和c-轴的超导和反铁磁相的电子掺杂的Nd $_{1.85}$ Ce $_{.15}$ CuO $_{4+δ}$。结果进行了比较,在空穴掺杂铜酸盐的电磁响应的特性。在CuO $_2$平面内,依赖于频率的散射速率1/ $τ(ω)$被压低到$\sim$ 650 cm $^{-1}$以下;这种行为是赝能隙态的标志。虽然在几个空穴掺杂的化合物的赝能隙和超导态的能量标度是相当接近的,我们能够表明,在Nd $_{1.85}$ Ce $_{.15}$ CuO $_{4+δ}$的两个规模相差超过一个数量级。面内电荷响应的另一个特征是在50-110 cm $^{-1}$处的电导率实部中的峰值$σ_1(ω)$,这与其中$σ_1(ω)$以$ω=0$为中心的Drude样响应形成鲜明对比。后者的效果是类似于在无序的空穴掺杂的铜氧化物中发现的,并在载流子本地化的上下文中进行了讨论。对c轴电导率的研究证明了层间超流体在一个非常宽的频率范围内聚集。Nd $_{1.85}$ Ce $_{.15}$ CuO $_{4+δ}$中的赝能隙态以及电荷动力学的其他特征的令人信服的证据表明,铜氧化物相图在电子和空穴掺杂方面具有全局相似性。
Stripe motion in CuO{2} planes of Y{1-x}Pr{x}Ba{2}Cu{3}O{7} as seen from the Cu(2) NQR
Pulsed NQR at the frequencies of 28-33 MHz has been used to study copper NQR spectra in YBa{2}Cu{3}O{7}, TmBa{2}Cu{3}O{7} and Y{0.9}Pr{0.1}Ba{2}Cu{3}O{7} compounds at temperatures of 4.2-200K. Quantitative analysis of the spectra has shown that the "plane" Cu(2) spectra shape is well described by using a model of 1D correlations of charge and spin distribution in CuO{2} planes (stripe correlations). In the undoped superconductors the charge-spin stripe structure moves fast in the CuO{2} planes, but doping the YBa{2}Cu{3}O{7} lattice with praseodymium slows this motion down.
Two pseudogaps with different energy scales at the antinode of the high-temperature Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CuO$_6$ superconductor using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy
我们已经进行了高分辨率角分辨光电子能谱的单层铜酸盐Bi $_2$ Sr $_2$ CuO $_6$澄清的赝能隙的起源。通过使用不同的光子能量,我们已经成功地直接观察到两个不同的赝能隙与两个不同的能量尺度共存的波腹区域:一个反映了$d_{x^2-y^2}$波配对强度,而另一个具有较大的能量尺度,表明起源不同于超导。观察到的双赝能隙行为提供了一个关键,以充分理解赝能隙现象的铜酸盐。
Anomalies in the ab-plane resistivity of strongly underdoped La_{2-x}Sr_{x}CuO_{4} single crystals: possible charge stripe ordering?
本文给出并讨论了小Sr含量(x=0.052-0.075)的La_{2-x} Sr_{x} CuO_{4}单晶的ab面电阻率的测量结果。通过使用AC Van der Pauw技术在4.2 K和300 K之间的温度范围内获得电阻率。当温度降低时,rho_{ab}(T)曲线显示出从线性行为到类似于双稳态行为的转变。与线性的偏离发生在掺杂依赖的温度T_{ch}。这种效应可以解释为由于预先存在的电荷条纹的渐进钉扎。在同样的框架下,超导样品的rho_{ab}(T)曲线在T_{c}正上方出现的异常尖峰,可以用从一个有序的近晶电子条纹相到一个更有序的近晶电子条纹相的转变来解释。
Observation of vortices and hidden pseudogap from scanning tunneling spectroscopic studies of electron-doped cuprate superconductor $Sr_{0.9}La_{0.1}CuO_2$
Diagonal Nematicity in the Pseudogap Phase of HgBa$_2$CuO$_{4+δ}$
铜氧化物中的赝能隙现象是高温超导研究中最神秘的谜团。特别是,赝能隙是否与交叉或相变有关一直是一个长期存在争议的问题。四元铜酸盐HgBa $_2$ CuO $_{4+δ}$,每个原始单元只有一个CuO $_2$层,是解决这个难题的理想系统。在这里,我们测量的CuO $_2$平面内的磁化率的各向异性异常高精度的磁矩实验。我们的关键发现是,一个明显的两重面内各向异性设置在低于赝能隙温度$T^*$,这提供了热力学证据的四重对称性破缺的相变相变。最令人惊讶的是,在不同的铁基超导体和双层YBa $_2$ Cu $_3$ O $_{6+δ}$中,各向异性轴分别沿着Fe-Fe和Cu-O-Cu方向,与之形成鲜明对比的是,该指向矢沿着CuO $_2$正方形晶格的对角线方向取向。另一个显着的特点是,对角向列性随温度降低的增强被抑制在短程电荷密度波(CDW)形成的温度附近。这与YBa $_2$ Cu $_3$ O $_{6+δ}$形成鲜明对比,其中键向列性不受CDW影响。我们的研究结果表明,在HgBa $_2$ CuO $_{4+δ}$中,对角有序和CDW有序之间存在竞争关系。
Superconductivity distorted by the coexisting pseudogap in the antinodal region of Bi$_{1.5}$Pb$_{0.55}$Sr$_{1.6}$La$_{0.4}$CuO$_{6+δ}$: A photon-energy-dependent angle-resolved photoemission study
超导电性和赝能隙之间的相互作用是铜氧化物物理的一个重要方面。然而,赝能隙的性质仍然存在争议,部分原因是不同的实验提出了不同的能隙函数。本文采用光子能量依赖角分辨光电子能谱(ARPES)研究了Bi $_{1.5}$ Pb $_{0.55}$ Sr $_{1.6}$ La $_{0.4}$ CuO $_{6+δ}$ .我们发现,在低光子能量的反节ARPES谱是由背景信号,这可能会导致一个错误的评估的光谱间隙的大小占主导地位。一旦背景是适当的占,独立的光子能量,在不同的能量下,主要归因于赝能隙和超导性,以及偏离一个简单的d-波形式的整体光谱间隙的波腹光谱鲁棒地显示两个共存的功能。这些结果支持了赝能隙和超导性之间的竞争导致能隙畸变的观点。
Nernst Effect of stripe ordering La$_{1.8-x}$Eu$_{0.2}$Sr$_x$CuO$_4$
我们研究了La $_{1.8-x}$ Eu $_{0.2}$ Sr $_x$ CuO $_4$($x=0.04$,0.08,0.125,0.15,0.2)的输运性质,特别关注正常态下的能斯特效应.数据中存在各种异常特征。对于$x=0.125$和0.15,在LTT相中电荷条纹有序开始的附近存在扭结状异常,表明条纹有序相中增强的正准粒子能斯特响应。在较高的温度下,除了$x=0.2$的所有掺杂水平表现出进一步的扭结异常的LTO阶段,不能明确地与条纹顺序。此外,在掺杂水平$x=0.125$和$x=0.15$下,条形有序La $_{1.8-x}$ Eu $_{0.2}$ Sr $_x$ CuO $_4$和超导La $_{2-x}$ Sr $_x$ CuO $_4$的能斯特系数之间的直接比较揭示了仅微弱的差异。我们的研究结果对任何解释空穴掺杂铜酸盐能斯特响应的方案提出了很高的要求。
Gigantic anisotropic uniaxial pressure effect on superconductivity within the CuO2 plane of La1.64Eu0.2Sr0.16CuO4 - strain control of stripe criticality