scholarly journals Nematicity in a cuprate superconductor revealed by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy under uniaxial strain

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Nakata ◽  
M. Horio ◽  
K. Koshiishi ◽  
K. Hagiwara ◽  
C. Lin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Cuprate Superconductors ◽  
Rotational Symmetry ◽  
Charge Density Waves ◽  
Cuprate Superconductor ◽  
Uniaxial Strain ◽  
Photoemission Spectroscopy ◽  
Temperature Dependent ◽  
Pseudogap State ◽  
Angle Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy

AbstractThe nature of the pseudogap and its relationship with superconductivity are one of the central issues of cuprate superconductors. Recently, a possible scenario has been proposed that the pseudogap state is a distinct phase characterized by spontaneous rotational symmetry breaking called “nematicity” based on transport and magnetic susceptibility measurements, where the symmetry breaking was observed below the pseudogap temperature T∗. Here, we report a temperature-dependent ARPES study of nematicity in slightly overdoped Bi1.7Pb0.5Sr1.9CaCu2O8+δ triggered by a uniaxial strain applied along one of the Cu–O bond directions. While the nematicity was enhanced in the pseudogap state as in the previous studies, it was suppressed in the superconducting state. These results indicate that the pseudogap state is characterized by spontaneous rotational symmetry breaking and that the nematicity may compete with superconductivity. Relationship between the nematicity and charge-density waves, both of which are observed in the pseudogap state, is discussed.

scholarly journals Observation of small Fermi pockets protected by clean CuO2 sheets of a high-Tc superconductor

Science ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 369 (6505) ◽  
pp. 833-838 ◽  
Author(s):  
So Kunisada ◽  
Shunsuke Isono ◽  
Yoshimitsu Kohama ◽  
Shiro Sakai ◽  
Cédric Bareille ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cuprate Superconductors ◽  
Parent Compound ◽  
High Critical Transition Temperature ◽  
Photoemission Spectroscopy ◽  
Hole Doping ◽  
Quantum Oscillation ◽  
Critical Transition Temperature ◽  
High Tc ◽  
Angle Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy ◽  
Antiferromagnetic Ordering

In cuprate superconductors with high critical transition temperature (Tc), light hole-doping to the parent compound, which is an antiferromagnetic Mott insulator, has been predicted to lead to the formation of small Fermi pockets. These pockets, however, have not been observed. Here, we investigate the electronic structure of the five-layered Ba2Ca4Cu5O10(F,O)2, which has inner copper oxide (CuO2) planes with extremely low disorder, and find small Fermi pockets centered at (π/2, π/2) of the Brillouin zone by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and quantum oscillation measurements. The d-wave superconducting gap opens along the pocket, revealing the coexistence between superconductivity and antiferromagnetic ordering in the same CuO2 sheet. These data further indicate that superconductivity can occur without contribution from the antinodal region around (π, 0), which is shared by other competing excitations.

PHOTOEMISSION STUDY OF THE INTRA-UNIT-CELL COUPLING IN A TRILAYER CUPRATE

2002 ◽  
Vol 16 (11n12) ◽  
pp. 1691-1696 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. L. FENG ◽  
H. EISAKI ◽  
K. M. SHEN ◽  
A. DAMASCELLI ◽  
C. KIM ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Structures ◽  
Cuprate Superconductors ◽  
Single Layer ◽  
Interlayer Coupling ◽  
Unit Cell ◽  
Photoemission Spectroscopy ◽  
Cell Coupling ◽  
Lineshape Analysis ◽  
Angle Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy ◽  
Photoemission Study

The electronic structures of the nearly optimally doped single-layer, bilayer and trilayer Bi-based cuprates are investigated by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. A lineshape analysis of data taken for different photon energies indicates that the interlayer coupling within the trilayer is not stronger than its counterpart in the bilayer system. This suggests that the higher T c of the trilayer cuprate superconductors is not due to an enhancement of the coupling strength between the neighboring CuO2 planes within each unit cell.

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